"Looking for Alaska" is an Alex Award winner, which denotes the best ADULT
books for Young Adults. Based on this award alone I would probably NOT
place the book in the middle school. I do have it in my high school, in
fact our Student Council purchases Alex Award books to honor the School
Board every year. I think that it would be tough to win a challenge on an
adult book in a middle school collection.
Rachelle Wynkoop, MLIS
Algonac High School Media Specialist
Algonac, Mi 48001
rwynkoop@algonac.k12.mi.us
Currently Reading: "A New Earth" by Eckhart Tolle and "Reconciliation" by
Benazir Bhutto
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I used this book with my high school book club, and still required that
students have a parent permission form signed in order to read it.
Personally, I would not put it on the shelf in a middle school. I just don't
think that age group has the maturity for this book.
Marsha ReddLibrarian, Kelloggsville High School Grand Rapids, MI
marsharedd@hotmail.comEducation is not a goal; it is a life-long process.
Everyone is a student. Everyone is a teacher.
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> Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 08:59:19 -0400
> From: SNabinger@MCS.CNYRIC.ORG
> Subject: Re: [LM_NET] QUERY : Looking for Alaska
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>
> 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 wrote: -----
>
>
>
> Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 14:28:58 -0400
> From: Elizabeth Ullrich
> 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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