Elizabeth,
Looking for Alaska is one of my favorite young adult books, but I took it
out of our collection as soon as I read the passage to which you refer. I
did this before it could be challenged, because I knew that a challenge
would come and I would lose. The passage is played for laughs, but it's
very explicit.
I did send the book to our high school, where it still sits unchallenged on
the shelf. My colleague there reports that it is one of the more popular
books in her collection.
Steven Nabinger, Teacher-Librarian
C. S. Driver Middle School
Marcellus Central Schools
2 Reed Parkway
Marcellus, NY 13108
(315) 673-0259
snabinger@mcs.cnyric.org
-----Elizabeth Ullrich <eullrich@USRSCHOOLSK8.COM> wrote: -----
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 14:28:58 -0400
From: Elizabeth Ullrich <eullrich@USRSCHOOLSK8.COM>
Subject: QUERY : Looking for Alaska
Hi,
I just received a challenge on the book Looking for Alaska by John Green
based on the pages 127-128 description of oral sex.
Has anyone else received challenges?
--
Mrs. Elizabeth Ullrich
Media Specialist
Cavallini Middle School
Upper Saddle River, NJ
eullrich@usrschoolsk8.com
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