I'm sorry you don't like the book, but I don't believe that this is a valid
reason to remove it from the shelf. I just re-read the book a couple of
years ago and while it may not be non-fiction it is definitely realistic
fiction and could be written by far too many young woman from apparently
"nice" suburban homes, even today.
Dorothy Tissair
Old Saybrook, CT
At 07:51 AM 3/4/2002 -0500, library wrote:
>Frankly, I have never"liked" this book. For one, it claims to be non
>fiction and we know it is not. It was first published as anonymous but we
>know it was written by Beatrice Sparks. Although my library owns 2 copies
>I never push the title.
>
>If I was deciding to purchase a new copy I would not. I am hoping the
>current copies die a natural death...they haven't circulated in years and
>it may be time to put them to rest.
>
>Allan
>
>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>From: Dawn Sardes <Dmsardes@AOL.COM>
>Reply-To: Dmsardes@AOL.COM
>Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 16:54:18 EST
>
> >Yes, and I read it myself back in 9th grade in the early 1970's.
> >
> >And, as we all know, it was the single contributing factor to my descent
> into vulgarity, drugs, and prostitution.
> >
> > NOT!!!
> >
> >Dawn Sardes
> >YA Librarian
> >Dmsardes@aol.com
> >
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