Yes there really is a Banned Books Week but I am to lazy to compose any worthwhile information. So here are a couple of good links and a great post by Maggie O’Connor
http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banned_Books_Week
Yes there really is a Banned Books Week but I am to lazy to compose any worthwhile information. So here are a couple of good links and a great post by Maggie O’Connor
http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banned_Books_Week
Thanks for the repost Janna! 🙂
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You’re welcome. Thanks for the doing the leg work. 😉
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It’s amazing that we don’t all share the same opinion on the same book. Wait, what? Just kidding. This is a book that should definitely not be banned 🙂
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It is amazing. It’s almost like we’re… I don’t know… like indi-vid-u-als…
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Glad you liked it, thanks Janna!
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You are welcome Maggie. Thank you for putting it all together.
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Local school board here banned “The Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison. Copies at libraries and book stores ran out of copies within days. Surest way to get students to read a book is to ban it. 🙂
DJ
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I read a piece about that – in North Carolina? Heck, I want to read it now. 😉
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http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/09/23/randolph-countys-ban-of-invisible-man-may-hurt-students-seeking-ap-college-credits/
Here you go!
DJ
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Thanks DJ. That was a different article from the one I had read. Same story though and I left my 2 ¢ on the subject.
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Ugh and GET OUT! And a WEEK no less!
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Right on G!
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