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Homer Simpson had a point, “you don’t make friends with salad,” especially on the 4th of July. A good party requires a good barbeque and Andrew Smith, editor of the Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink, is here to test your knowledge. Think you are the king of all grill masters? See how many of the following questions you can get right. The answers are at the end.
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New & Noteworthy, The West Hempstead Public Library's Weblog is holding an essay contest on freedom to read. The age categories are: 5-12 years old, 13-17 years old, 18+ years old. The question is, "Which book have you enjoyed that makes you appreciate the freedom to read?" Check their weblog for more details.
Here's the scoop on a couple of graphic novels that had been challenged. "On March 14, 2007, the Marshall Public Library Board of Trustees voted to return both Fun Home and Blankets to the library's shelves." The books had been removed until the board could hammer out a new material selection policy, according to a story in the Marshall Democrat-News.
As for our banned book challenge, I will publish as many book entries for your completed titles as I can. It is interesting to read what people have written about their completed books. Check the comment for this entry for the first batch. I am surprised by the number of similar titles.
Sandi, USA
Bridge to Terabithia
Because of the death of a central character, a child, and because of the infrequent use of curse words. And possibly because Leslie referred to "Spirits" in the woods.
This book is deeply moving; its a wonderful coming-of-age story, and anyone who would try to ban it should be ashamed. I cried through the last 20 pages, even though I knew what was going to happen.
vickiebarker, USA
Catcher in the Rye
sex, foul language
vickiebarker, USA
Different Seasons
foul language
sayonion, USA
Because of its (mostly offhand) treatment of sexual things? Was it banned right when it came out -- it wasnt banned because its antiwar, was it? Anyhooble, I liked it very much. :)
Fattygurl4u2NV23, USA
Flowers in the Attic
The taboo themes of incest and pre-marital sex.
Linus1219, USA
It does have quite a few vivid scenes containing violence, although those scenes (the fight scene at the end) didn't seem as violent as what I've seen put on prime-time television or movies rated for children of the same age as this book's intended audience.
It's definitely a dark tale and it doesn't have the nice wrapped up happy ending, but that's what I like about it. Its an honest depiction of adolescence and the cruelty that sometimes exists in the world. I think it's the honesty of it all that has helped it endure because adolescents respond to that and to an author who doesn't talk down to them.
Canuck Librarian, Canada
Handmaids Tale
koenigcw, USA
Slaughterhouse Five
koenigcw, USA
Flowers in the Attic
escapingjourney
Bridge to Terabithia
I thought the book was challenge/banned because death is a subject matter but I started reading about it online and found one listing that it was challenged because of the magic kingdom idea - the person didn't like the "witch craft" idea of the book. To be honest - that had never crossed my mind as the reason.
Kim W.
The Watchmen
Probably two reasons -- the fact that its a "graphic novel", and thus its "not important," and the fact that it has some nudity and sex and violence. Strange that many other graphic novels also have these but aren't banned themselves; only the one that is elevated to the status of "serious novel" has taken this heat. Don't know why the graphic stuff is okay if its a "not so serious" reading form.
Elaine, Canada
So Far From the Bamboo Grove
I have already read a lot about why this book was challenged. The challenge concerned a short, non-graphic description of a rape. The challenge has been picked up by by people of Korean descent who believe the book unfairly depicts the Japanese as the victims when they were the occupiers of Korea. I found the book was harsh towards Korean Communist soldiers but depicted other Koreans, especially the family who hid and sheltered the author's brother in a very sympathetic light.
jfreeman99, USA
Of Mice and Men
It is hard for me to believe that this book was challenged but my first guess would be for the use of the "n" word when referring to the stable buck. The use of that slur doesn't seem necessary because it is simply the narrators usage not one of the characters so it isn't needed to create the time period or to create situational anger. When discussing it with younger colleagues they wondered if it is challenged because of the friendship between the two men.
Sleepless Mama, USA
The Face on the Milk Carton
Oddly enough, this book seems to have been banned for depiction of sexual relations that never actually take place. The main character, 15-year-old Janie, who believes she was kidnapped as a child, falls in love with the boy next door, Reeve, as part of a subplot. Reeve and Janie quickly progress to from kissing to wanting to have sex, and even go so far as to get a motel room, but they never actually do it. Janie simply isn't ready. Reeve, it should be noted, does seem to be pressuring her to have s