Book banning spurs protest
Carroll students seek to get novel returned to school libraries
By Gina Davis
Sun reporter
Originally published December 7, 2005
An award-winning book about an overweight girl who doesn't fit in at school or with
her family apparently doesn't fit in at Carroll County school libraries: The
district's superintendent ordered the novel stripped from the shelves.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/carroll/bal-te.ca.ban07dec07,1,6725112.story?coll=bal-home-headlines
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William L Katzenberger, Jr.
Media Specialist
Dodge Park Elementary School
3401 Hubbard Road
Landover, MD 20785
william.katzenberger@comcast.net
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