Source: Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom, Mar. The superintendent said, however, that the book will remain a part of the English classes, although it may be taught at a different grade level. The remarks set off a hailstorm of criticism online and brought international attention to the 7,600-student school system in rural Virginia. The director of instruction announced the edition, published on the fiftieth anniversary of Frank's death in a concentration camp, will not be used in the future despite the fact the school system did not follow its own policy for handling complaints. Initially, it was reported that officials have decided to stop assigning a version of Anne Frank's diary, one of the most enduring symbols of the atrocities of the Nazi regime, due to the complaint that the book includes sexual material and homosexual themes. public school (2010) by a parent requesting that her daughter not be required to read the book aloud. The titles appeared on suggested book lists compiled by the Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association, for twelve- to eighteen-year-olds who are “reluctant readers.” The superintendent removed the book because it wasn't on the pre-approved curriculum list and couldn't be added by teachers in the middle of a school year without permission.ĭrill, Esther Deal with It! A Whole New Approach to Your Body, Brain, and Life as a gURLĬhallenged at the Culpeper County, Va. They also contend that the books don’t provide the intellectual challenge and rigor that students need in college preparatory classes. Some parents have complained about five novels containing foul language and covering topics - including sex, child abuse, suicide, and drug abuse - unsuited for discussion in coed high school classes. High School (2009), but available at the high school library and student book club. Withdrawn from classroom use and the approved curriculum at the Montgomery County, Ky. Source: Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom, Jan. Freshmen and sophomores, however, will need parental permission to check out the book. Restricted at the William Byrd and Hidden Valley high schools in Roanoke, Va. The book contains frank and sometimes-explicit descriptions of sex, drugs, suicide, and masturbation. Challenged on Wyoming, Ohio high school district's suggested reading list (2009). The vote was a rejection of a four-month campaign conducted by the citizen’s group West Bend Citizens for Safe Libraries to move fiction and nonfiction books with sexually explicit passages from the young adult section to the adult section and label them as containing sexual material. Community Memorial Library (2009) as being “obscene or child pornography” in a section designated “Young Adults.” The library board unanimously voted 9–0 to maintain, “without removing, relocating, labeling, or otherwise restricting access,” the books in the young adult section at the West Bend Community Memorial Library. The novel chronicles the freshman year of high school of a young man struggling with awkwardness and the changing world around him. High School classrooms (2008) for topics such as homosexuality, drug use, and sexual behavior. 56.Īngelou, Maya I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings The titles appeared on suggested book lists compiled by the Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association, for twelve- to eighteen-year-olds who are “reluctant readers.” The superintendent removed the book because it wasn't on the pre-approved curriculum list and couldn't be added by teachers in the middle of a school year without permission.
Some parents have complained about five novel that contain foul language and cover topics - including sex, child abuse, suicide, and drug abuse – deemed unsuited for discussion in coed high school classes.
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