"Unsuitable" Books

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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 201
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ISBN-10 : 9780786474196
ISBN-13 : 078647419X
Rating : 4/5 (19X Downloads)

Book Synopsis "Unsuitable" Books by : Caren J. Town

Download or read book "Unsuitable" Books written by Caren J. Town and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-08-11 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the attempted and successful banning of young adult fiction from media centers and classrooms, this book treats the legal and experiential history of censorship in libraries and public schools. It also looks closely at young adult novels from the early 1970s until today that have been the subject of book challenges. The authors discussed include Judy Blume, S.E. Hinton, Chris Crutcher, Jean Craighead George, M.E. Kerr, Mildred Taylor, and Sherman Alexie. This book offers parents, teachers and librarians arguments against censorship based on literary merit and societal benefit.


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