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Highlights
- 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.
- About the Author: Caren J. Town is a professor of English at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia.
- 200 Pages
- Literary Criticism, Books & Reading
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About the Book
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.Book Synopsis
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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"well-researched and well-written"-Catholic Library World.
About the Author
Caren J. Town is a professor of English at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia.Dimensions (Overall): 8.9 Inches (H) x 5.9 Inches (W) x .6 Inches (D)
Weight: .6 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Books & Reading
Genre: Literary Criticism
Number of Pages: 200
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Format: Paperback
Author: Caren J Town
Language: English
Street Date: August 11, 2014
TCIN: 93120037
UPC: 9780786474196
Item Number (DPCI): 247-18-5254
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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