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Book banning, parenting—and drama

By now, most of you probably know that Meghan Cox Gurdon sparked a controversy in the Wall Street Journal* by writing about the “explicit abuse, violence and depravity” present in today’s YA literature. The gist of the piece is that … Continue reading

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Book banning a hot topic in 2011

Just last January, a huge debate sparked when the fourth most-banned book in American schools, Huckleberry Finn, was released in a special edition censoring all 219 uses of the “n-word” and uses of “injun.” (Click here for a quick run-down.) … Continue reading

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