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"Unsuitable" books : young adult fiction and censorship /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Town, Caren J., 1957-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
Subjects:
Challenged books > United States.
Young adult fiction, American > Censorship.
Young adults' libraries > Censorship > United States.
School libraries > Censorship > United States.
Teenagers > Books and reading > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Dangerous words : censorship in the public schools
  • "Someone should tell them" : S.E. Hinton's The outsiders
  • The great adventure : Judy Blume's resilient young narrators (1970/1981)
  • "When fear seizes" : Jean Craighead George's Julie of the wolves
  • Censorship 70s style : Robert Cormier's The chocolate war
  • "No clouds of glory" : Katherine Paterson's prodigal children (1977/1980)
  • Chris Crutcher's painful honesty (1983/2001)
  • "A stronger weapon" : Cassie Logan on the road to Memphis
  • "Simple moments of exquisite happiness" : Lois Lowry's The giver
  • "Don't you two be strangers!" : M.E. Kerr's Deliver us from Evie
  • "Be the tree" : trauma, recovery and voice in Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak
  • "A beautiful and ugly thing" : Sherman Alexie's Absolutely true diary
  • Conclusion: challenges ahead.