[LM_NET] GEN: Challenge to Lowry's 'Giver'

[Chuck Finnigan <cfinnigan@SWSD.K12.WA.US>]

We have a parent challenging The Giver in our elementary schools. This
parent,  "...requested that this book not be used instructionally below
the middle school level within our district (elementary = K-6).  He felt
the book was inappropriate for younger readers and dealt with concepts
such as infanticide and euthanasia that required a higher level of
maturity." 

 

If you have had to deal with a challenge to The Giver and can offer any
suggestions, I'd really appreciate hearing from you. Our Instructional
Material committee meets next week to consider the challenge.

 

Thank you,

 

Chuck Finnigan

Cascade MS School Librarian

Sedro Woolley, WA

cfinnigan@swsd.k12.wa.us

 

I adhere to the religion of art, music & small children. Rosanne Cash

 


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