Maureen Johnson, a popular young adult author who I haven't read but now certainly will, has gone and gotten one of her books banned from a high school library. The book in question, The Bermudez Triangle, is an examination of how friendships change when friends begin to date. The apparently problem with the book is that the couple in question is a lesbian couple -- which, according to Maureen, is really not the focus of the book.
Don't people realize that banning a book, in any form, just drives interest in the book? God forbid we let kids think for themselves and learn to formulate their own opinions.
Maureen's blog post includes the comments made by a parent that got the book banned and how she plans to respond. I applaud her.
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I agree with you that there's nothing that pushes of the popularity of a book, and by extension a record, than banning it. The writer is now almost sure to have a bestseller in that area.
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