High School: Oprah's Books

[connie baldwin <cbaldwin@carolina.net>]

> I am having difficulty trying to decide the appropriateness of some of
> Oprah's monthly book selections for placement in our high school media
> center.  This weekend I read the newest selection, Here on Earth by
> Alice Hoffman, and am not sure if it should be placed in our media
> center.
>
> Do other of you high school media specialists have opinions on this
> book? How about others of Oprah's selections?  Do you have criteria for
> selection which cover books with four letter words?  How about books
> with graphic sexual scenes?  This book does not have really graphic sex,
> but it does have some rather descriptive passages with the "F" word.
>
> I really need advice on this one.  I am new at the high school level and
> am not sure what to do.  Thanks for any advice you might give.
>
> Connie Baldwin
  School Library Media Specialist
> Scotland High School
> Laurinburg  NC  28352
  cbaldwin@carolina.net

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