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In a previous post, the plight of The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them was highlighted. Earlier this month, the Livingston County Daily Press & Argus reported that the "Unbanned book is Unpulled from High School."
It was challenged because of alleged profanity and references to drugs and sex acts.
Approval for the book came just one day before a movie based on it was released in theaters.
Parents who don’t approve of their children reading the book will be offered an alternative.
First Into Nagasaki, a new book about the after affects of the bombing of Nagasaki, will be released December 26, 2006. George Weller, a former Chicago Daily News reporter wrote a number of articles after sneaking into the Japanese city four weeks it was hit with an atomic bomb by the US. The articles were censored by the U.S. military.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist writes about the conditions found in prison camps, of the radiation sickness suffered by allied troops, and the article features interviews with allied soldiers who saw the devastation in the bombed city.
It was challenged because of alleged profanity and references to drugs and sex acts.