A high school student in Alabama has checked out the book Sandpiper, by Ellen Wittlinger, and refuses to return it, claiming that it is too explicit for a school audience.
Read more at School Library Journal.
The interesting this is that I had never heard of this book before this kerfuffle, but now I have, and so have thousands of other people. These things tend to backfire.
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I heard about the kerfluffle (great word) recently too...and I agree these things backfire! I have read the book. ALAN does these monthly online book chats. Sometimes they pick books that I think are obscure, but the books usually end up getting talked about later, so I actually think ALAN is just on top of things!
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