Spinners Challenge

[Elizabeth Letterly <eletterl@ABELINK.COM>]

This fall our fourth grade moved back to our middle school from the
elementary building.  (We are a fast-growing district, particularly in the
elementary grades.)  The middle school/junior high library now serves grades
4-8, and I had talked with the fourth grade teachers about our having
materials for all the grades and that they needed to understand the our
collection must serve kids ages 9 through 14.

Well, a 4th grader checked out Spinners and her parents are writing a letter
of complaint about its beginning pages.  They and the teacher is wanting the
book pulled, and I'm afraid of what's ahead.

Has anyone else faced this situation?  Admittedly the book is for YA but we
serve YA along with younger students.  I wondered about stickers -- Demco
has Teen Book and YA stickers but hate to get into going through 8,000 books
determining what's appropriate.  Or, should this be a part of the
curriculum -- we talk about reading level selection.

Elizabeth Letterly (Libby), District Librarian
Williamsville CUSD #15, Williamsville IL 62693  USA

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