Target: Challenged Material

[Joyce Nelson <jnelson@DUTROW.NN.K12.VA.US>]

I'm the media specialist in a K-5 school, and have encountered my second
book challenge this year.  The title in question is The Watsons Go to
Birmingham--1963, written by Christopher Paul Curtis.  The parent is
asking us to remove this title from our collection, based on language
she finds objectable (pgs. 30 and 82.)  I would like to enlist your help
by soliciting your professional input.  I will certainly share your
insight, as well as the outcome of this challenge, with the listserv.

Thanking you in advance, Joyce H. Nelson, Library Media Specialist
Dutrow Elementary School Newport News, VA  23608
jhnelson@dutrow.nn.k12.va.us

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