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Category: Young Adult Contemporary Keywords: Contemporary, romance, death Format: Hardcover (also available in paperback and eBook)
Alethea's note: The synopsis at the beginning seems to give away major plot points, but it really doesn't--you'll find the same info in the jacket copy :) So don't fret!
Thuy's Synopsis:
Anna, Frankie and Matt have been best friends forever. She and Frankie are like sisters and Matt (Frankie's brother) is her best-friend-that's-a-boy. On her fifteenth birthday, Anna's deepest desire comes true when Matt kisses her. Matt convinces Anna not to tell Frankie about their relationship just yet. He wants to tell her in a few weeks during their annual family vacation to California.
Anna doesn't like keeping secrets from Frankie but she agrees, believing that Matt knows what's best for his sister. They spend the next month meeting secretly at night and stealing moments with each other when they can. Then the unthinkable happens. Matt dies, leaving Anna and his family grief-stricken. Anna decides never to tell Frankie about what happened between her and Matt.
A year later, Frankie's parents decide to make the trip back out to California and invite Anna along. Frankie decides to make this the Twenty Boy Summer, but how can Anna think about meeting boys when the only one she ever cared about is gone?
Thuy's Review:
Contemporary YA fiction isn't usually my favorite but I couldn't put this book down. Twenty Boy Summer is a beautifully written and emotionally intense account of love, friendship, loss and finding the strength to move on. My own heart felt like it was breaking at times and I teared up more than once (which I never do).
Both Anna and Frankie are really great characters. They are emotionally complex and are dealing with their loss in different ways. Anna is the strong one, always looking out for Frankie and putting her own feelings away. Instead, she writes in her journal and pens heartfelt letters to Matt that he'll never see.
A sweet new summer romance throws Anna into a new maelstrom of emotions. I really understood what Anna was feeling--the conflict and guilt she feels as well as the overwhelming loss of what might have been. Frankie is a fascinating character. It's obvious that the wounds from Matt's death are still raw. She's dealing with it in her own way, becoming a boy crazy super-shopper almost overnight. I admit that I was often annoyed by her, as she seemed oblivious to Anna's feelings most of the time. However, by the end of the book, I started to understand Frankie a little more and she began to grow on me.
Despite the heavy subject, this book was surprisingly funny
3 Comments on Twenty Boy Summer - Banned Book Review, last added: 9/26/2011
As it's been in the 90s home in Utah and at the time this posts I'll be coming back from my cousin's wedding in Dallas, Texas, which has made the news for having the longest stretch of over 100 degree days, it's hard to believe that it's actually September. But it is! And all this week, the Buzz Girls are going to be sharing their summer highlights.
As I posted in August, CLICK HERE, this was the Summer of Reunions for me. A family reunion, two high school reunions (my husband and I graduated from our respective high schools the same year), and a work reunion for the advertising agency where I used to work. All were very fun and as reunions have a way of doing, they gave me an occasion to reminisce and remember my roots. All in all, I can honestly say I've had some pretty darn amazing people in my life and I couldn't be more thankful for their support and love.
Some of my favorite moments of the summer include:
hanging with my almost two-year old nephew, who lives in Denver
witnessing the kids in my writing camps become better writers in just two weeks
boating in Pineview Reservoir (I only got to use my new wakeboard once, though, because I injured my back in May)
getting to meet talented authors Lara Zielin, Sheila Nielson, and Sarah Ockler
appetizers on a rooftop terrace overlooking downtown Denver with my husband, brother, sister-in-law, best girl friend from high school, and best guy friend from college
my youngest son's 5th birthday party which started 4 hours early and ended 5 hours late
rescuing Miller the Duck off the highway in Ogden Canyon (he's doing GREAT in his new home, by the way) CLICK HERE if you missed that story.
Though it's been a fabulous summer, I'm really looking forward to the fall. Now that my back is doing much better and I'm finally able to tie my own shoes, I'm going to start practicing yoga again real soon, and I'm excited to get back to work on a new YA book proposal. I've also been asked to be a writer in residence, along with the mega-talented Sydney Salter, at an alternative high school, which is a great honor.
Enough about me! What about you? What are some of the highlights of your summer and is it just me, or are you looking forward to fall, too?
2 Comments on Goodbye to Summer!, last added: 9/4/2011
Wendy, I loved hearing about your summer, and especially the update on Miller! As for what I have been up to, well, I chatted a couple weeks ago here about mt terrific trip to Seattle, and, well, check in tomorrow for my post for more...
In an inspiring response to censorship, the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library will give away up to 150 free copies of Slaughterhouse Five to high school students in Republic, Missouri.
The school board voted to banKurt Vonnegut‘s book from the high school library along with Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler. If you believe in this cause, the museum is asking for donations to help pay for shipping for the books. Follow this link to donate.
Here’s more from the museum: “If you are a student at Republic High School, please e-mail us at i…@vonnegutlibrary.org to request your free copy of the book. Please provide us with your name, address, and grade level. We have up to 150 books to share, thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor. We think it’s important for everyone to have their First Amendment rights. We’re not telling you to like the book… we just want you to read it and decide for yourself. We will not share your request or any of your personal information with anyone else.” (Via Reddit)
Ockler responded in a proud blog blog post this week: “Banned, but Never Shamed.” She’s already earned over 60 comments from readers around the country. What do you think about the controversial school board decision?
Check it out: “I’ve said it before and I’ll say it a million times more. I get that my book isn’t appropriate for all teens, and that some parents are opposed to the content. That’s fine. Read it and decide for your own family. I wish more parents would do that — get involved in their kids’ reading and discuss the issues the books portray. But don’t make that decision for everyone else’s family by limiting a book’s availability and burying the issue under guise of a ‘curriculum discussion.’” (Via Reddit)
A Missouri school board voted 4-0 this week to yank Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler and Slaughterhouse-Fiveby Kurt Vonnegut out of the Republic High School library. The move has already drawn thousands of responses online.
Last year, Missouri State assistant professor Wesley Scroggins attacked the books at a a school board meeting and wrote a newspaper column for the Springfield News-Leader (“Filthy books demeaning to Republic education“). This GalleyCat editor will never forget the joy of discovering Vonnegut in his own high school library and can’t imagine missing that experience.
Here’s how Scroggins described Slaughterhouse-Five: “This is a book that contains so much profane language, it would make a sailor blush with shame. The ‘f word’ is plastered on almost every other page. The content ranges from naked men and women in cages together so that others can watch them having sex to God telling people that they better not mess with his loser, bum of a son, named Jesus Christ.” (Via Reddit)
Sarah Ockler is the bestselling author of Fixing Delilah and the critically acclaimed Twenty Boy Summer, a YALSA Teens' Top Ten nominee and IndieNext List pick. She is a championship cupcake eater, coffee drinker, night person, and bookworm. When she’s not writing or reading, Sarah enjoys taking pictures, hugging trees, and road-tripping through the country with her husband, Alex. Visit her website or find her on Twitter or Facebook.
Getting Lost on the Road to Publication by Sarah Ockler
Wherever you are in the publishing journey, you've probably figured out that writing takes serious perseverance and patience (by which I clearly mean drugs and alcohol. Just kidding. Mostly kidding.) I mean, books don't just write themselves! *stamps foot*
By the time I wrapped up my first novel, Twenty Boy Summer, I'd taken the word "commitment" to frightening new heights (there's a reason it's so close to "committed," because that's exactly what my husband wanted to do to me). I was obsessed, writing every spare moment -- lunch hours, late nights, weekends when everyone else was having fun. It was an intense time because I knew that if I was going to succeed, I had to make writing my number-one priority.
I don't regret it. I finished, landed an agent, and sold the book relatively quickly (something that still feels like a dream, even four years later). I always advise new writers to do the same -- make writing your top priority. But I've also realized that while I needed to push myself hard to overcome insecurities, naysayers, and a whole host of ready-made excuses, the write-every-spare-second method is not sustainable.
Art + Business = Burnout
Whether you're already published or still dreaming of ideas for your first book, once you decide to write for publication, the art of writing becomes impossibly tangled with the business of writing, and it changes things. Some of the pure joy of it fades; the shininess dulls. Not to say that being an author isn't rewarding and incredible, but it's challenging at every turn, fraught with rejection, self-doubt, publishing industry craziness, and straight-up writing overload.
Thing is, we're writers. We can't not write. If I go more than a week without scribbling, I get cranky and start serving myself large quantities of Ben and Jerry's and/or white cheddar popcorn and/or Bombay Sapphire gin, sometimes all in the same bowl. So I realize that not writing is not an option. But taking small breaks is an option --- a necessity, even.
Losing It
Recently, I'd noticed some serious burnout smoke coming from my head (it smells like burnt coffee and lightening, in case you were wondering) -- a sure sign it was time to get lost. So my husband and I planned a week-long trip to Rocky Mountain National Park.
I left my laptop behind. I had no internet. I paused all deadlines.
It's so important to take those breaks and time to just veg! I know I'm definitely sometimes guilty of becoming so obsessed with my writing that I forget about the simple things I'm missing. Thanks for this great reminder!
Great advice. It's so important to take a break once in awhile from blogging and writing. You're inspiring me to take a true vacation from it while we're on vacation in 2 weeks.
Great tips! I'm usually good about not getting too obsessed with my writing, except during NaNo WriMo. In December I'm usually really burned-out, so I take a writing vacation for a while.
I love your list here!! I really like "read a book" as one of the ways to switch gears. And also doing something else creative; I do artwork as well as quilt, and those work too. I'm actually doing a bit of the "break" and vacation stuff right now. I'm enjoying it, but getting a bit antsy to get back to writing. ;o)
Excellent advice, Sarah. Having adventures that include a change of pace/scenery, that offer sensory stimulation, that gets one out in the real world? Definitely enriches the writing. Glad you got that week in the mountains.
Oh, I love this! Yes, stepping away is HUGE for me. Just from reading this post, I have a feeling I'd love Sarah's books. Thanks for the fun inspiration.
Sarah Ockler has relieved me of my guilt with her suggestion number four: Immerse yourself in non-writing creativity.
The My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic TV show is fantastic and has garnered a huge fan base, which includes me. Mashups and parodies using the ponies is all the rage. I woke one morning with an image in my mind of a pony parody of my work. Since I was sure no one else would create it, I spent a little time making the image. I felt guilty for taking time away from writing, but it was refreshing. Now the guilt is gone, thanks to Sarah. Making the image was the right thing to do.
Today, Sarah Ockler has been kind enough to stop by on herFixing Delilah tour (Click link for the other stops on the tour featuring author/character interviews, reviews, and much more!), hosted by The Teen Book Scene. Enjoy!
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Top 10 Awesome Things About Small Towns (the Red Falls, Vermont edition)
10. You meet lots of really interesting (um, quirky) people in small towns. Where else but a place like Red Falls would you find the C.E.O. of Alice's Creature Creations, known for her fine weavery of discarded pet hair into sweaters and hats for the rest of us?
9. You can actually see the stars. If you've ever lived in or near a city, you know that the stars aren't *always* visible on a clear night (and sometimes what city people think is a star turns out to be a plane or some light on the other end of the freeway). But in a small town like Red Falls, you can lay in the grass by the lake at night and treat your eyes to a dazzling celestial show, complete with shooting stars, constellations, satellites, and even planets.
8. Neighbors know stuff. Yeah, it can get annoying in a small town when everyone knows your business, but when you need to dig up some dirt on your family history, the nosey neighbor epidemic sure comes in handy -- just as Delilah Hannaford.
7. Small towns are great places to run a business, no fancy marketing and branding required. Just ask the Food Dynasty in Red Falls -- when the "d" and the "Dy" in their neon sign burned out years ago, rendering them the Foo Nasty, they didn't even have to fix it. Everyone in town knows it's the place where you get your groceries -- the name is just for decorative purposes.
6. People always show up with food in a small town. Lots of it. Whether there's a funeral, a wedding, or just a nice day for a picnic, small town people stroll up to events with potato salad, cookies, and enough foil-covered pans of buttery baked goodness to feed an army. As an outsider like Delilah, you might be judged and whispered about, but you won't be hungry.
5. In small towns, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Whenever things start to get a little too predictable, the tourist season ushers in a fresh supply of entertainment. And just when the overcrowding obnoxiousness gets to be too much, thank you! Come again! Time to go home! And things return to normal.
4. You can still get yourself a non-corporate cup of coffee in a small town. In fact, in some shops, you can even find the ingenious yet increasingly rare *coffee* flavored coffee! Bonus: in Luna's cafe in Red Falls, you can catch a live acoustic show with the adorably sexy Patrick! Soulful guys who sing in coffee shops? Um, I'll take a triple extra hot with whip venti of that, please!
3. Flannel and flip-flops: not a last resort, but a way of life in a small town!'Nuff said!
2. No garage sale item is too old or too weird to close the deal. From an umbrella stand shaped like a fish to a complete set of 1978 Encyclopedia Brittanicas, one woman's junk is always another woman's treasure in small town USA.
And the number one most awesome thing about small towns...
1. The festivals. Whether it's maple season, corn season, apple season, the Fourth of July, or just a nice sunny day, there's always a reason to celebrate publicly with rides, games, and fried food on a stick. Mmm-mmm good!
If you live in a small town like Red Falls, home to generations of Hannafords in the book Fixing Delilah, then you know what I'm talking about, ri
0 Comments on Book Tour: Fixing Delilah & Giveaway as of 1/1/1900
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Thanks to YA Rebels for having me! Go check them out for more awesome videos. If I were you I would just subscribe so you don't miss any of their awesomeness.
Ok, so not that anyone needs my advice, but they asked me so hear it is.
The worst and best advice I've gotten so far in the business.
Comment and tell me "what is the worst and best advice you've gotten in this business?"
Today's giveaway is the ARC for Fixing Delilah Hannaford by Sarah Ockler (Nov 2010)
Things in Delilah Hannaford's life have a tendency to fall apart.She used to be a good student, but she can't seem to keep it together anymore. Her friends are drifting away. Her "boyfriend" isn't a boyfriend. Her mother refuses to discuss the fight that divided the Hannaford family eight years ago. Falling apart, it seems, runs in the family.
When Delilah must spend the summer helping to settle her estranged grandmother's estate, she's suddenly confronted by her family's painful past. Faced with questions that cannot be ignored and secrets that threaten to burst free, Delilah begins to doubt all that she's ever known to be true.
22 Comments on Advice from one YA Rebel to another!, last added: 6/25/2010
Great vlog!! I am working up the courage to try one!!!
The worst advice was to break all the rules, in regards to querying. I am not a rule breaker by nature (always the good girl!!LOL!!) so this advice went against every fiber of my being! Since then I have started following agent blogs and following certain ones on Twitter...and they soooooo do not like rule breakers!!
Best advice...hmm.....keep writing, keep learning, keep working at perfecting your writing!
And I semi sorta know Sarah Ockler.....kinda! We have a mutual friend, anyway! (Shout out to Sadie Worth!) :) We're all from the same area of NY!
The best advise I got was from Christine Johnson's blog recently, and that was to write every day. Even on days you are just not "feeling it", write anyway. Because sometimes if you start writing, the juices start flowing and you can't stop! :)
The worst advise was every chapter HAS to end in a cliffhanger. Yes, I believe you should end each chapter in an interesting way so the reader wants to keep going. But to add in a cliffhanger just for the sake of having one makes the story lose it's focus. At least it does for me.
I'd have to say the best advice was to keep writing even if it didn't make sense. It's easier to cut out than create.
The worst advice was to outline. I know it works for a lot of people but I spent a lot of time creating something that was never used! My characters had plans of their own.
the best advice is something that keeps being said over and over again: write all the time and every day.
the worst advice I got was when I first started as a sports journalist and no one took me seriously as a female. Someone actually told me i should switch to news or entertainmanet. Screw that, I am still working in sports writing!
The best advice is a blog post I read today by Elana Johnson. The five steps to getting published. 1)Sit down at your computer 2)Open Word 3)Write a few words 4)Write more until you finish 5)Do it all again for Book #2 The worst advice: you're writing is incredible. Given by a non-writing classmate.
Never tried a vlog before, maybe I'll revist the idea. Nah, who wants to see me.
The best advice I've gotten is on my writing, that my current book that I'm shopping around, is to change it from present tense to past tense. It works so much better this way.
The worst advice is that I should focus more first person POV instead of 3rd person.
The best advice I got was to write every day and to carry a notebook with you. You have no idea the ideas that come to me at a supermarket or baseball game lol.
I only recently started working on a couple of ideas for a YA novel that I hope to finish by next summer, so I guess I am not really in the business yet. But as a student, one of the worst pieces of advice I heard was that character development was not as important as plot development. I think that both need to be crafted, as both are crucial.
The best advice I've seen comes from a number of authors--read!!! I have learned so much (good and bad) about voice, characters, and what works/does not work in general by reading works of other writers.
Worst advice...do something special with your query to make it stand out. Put it on pretty paper,make sure it has a special stamp on it...The other one I'm embarrassed I did. I put little copywrite symbols (hand drawn) on the first manuscripts I sent out about 15 years ago. (Still blushing!)
Best advice: Put yourself out there...make in person connections with editors, publishers and agents.
Worst advice: You've been to a conference where agents and editors say they'll accept your queries for a limited time--and friends urge you to send before the chance is lost. But you're not ready. All you do is set yourself back by submitting too early.
Best advice: Someone said that every revision is an opportunity. That changed the way I look at revising. It was freeing.
Best Advice: It's okay to start from scratch with a book. Doesn't mean you are a bad writer, just means you need to work out a different way to tell the story. And in a similar vein...sometimes you create those books that just need to be filed away. _It's okay_, move on to the next story!
Worst Advice: Don't ever give up on a book, just keep revising revising revising those words until you get it right...it will happen, sometimes it just takes a really, really long time. Although, not sure if this is a case of bad advice or me taking well intentioned advice and applying wrong, lol.
Worst advice (more of a suggestion, really): Not to look for an agent after being published. The thinking was, you've already found a publisher, why do you need an agent?
Best Advice - Join a critique group and make sure your manuscript is ready before submitting.
Worst Advice - I've gotten some less than wonderful advice on some of my work. Other folks can ruin your manuscript if you're too quick to listen to everybody.
Great vlog- love the pop up dialogue windows! We all want a magic formula to follow... there isn't one. Just gotta KEEP MOVING FORWARD. Wishing you continued success....
Sarah Ockler, author of Twenty-Boy Summer and Fixing Delilah Hannaford (out in November 2010 from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers), just posted a wonderful article about not settling when it comes to literary agent offers. If you have a query out there, this is a post you do not want to miss.
The Plot: Anna and Frankie are next door neighbors, best friends since babyhood. For as long as anyone can remember, the two girls, along with Frankie's older brother, Matt, are a trio. Matt dies the summer before he was to start college. Everything changes; everyone changes.
One year later, the two girls, now sixteen, prepare for summer vacation at the beach. Frankie is now more worldly, more glittery, more stunning -- more boy crazy. It is she that comes up with the ideal summer vacation plan: if they are at the beach for twenty days, why not a boy a day? The twenty boy summer, to create a perfect vacation.
Except Anna has a secret.
The Good: Anna's secret? She and Matt were something more than friends. Anna's crush on Matt turned into something real on the night of Anna's fifteenth birthday party. Matt, afraid that Frankie would feel left out, made Anna promise to let him tell his sister and their parents that friendship had become love. Before Matt can do so, he dies.
Frankie and her family are left to grieve, a public grief of a lost son and brother. Anna's grief as girlfriend is hidden -- their relationship always a secret -- her sorrow taking second place to his family.
This is not a story about Anna's grief.
This is the story, one year later, of Anna discovering that she can fall in love again. Laugh again. And it not be a betrayal of Matt. She learns that it's not up to her to take care of Frankie. Frankie of the new sexy body, revealing bikinis, the hooking up with random hot guys.
Frankie, who lost her virginity to a foreign exchange student, both taunts and teases Anna about Anna's virgin status. But this isn't some book version of a teen sex comedy. Anna's internal struggle about her loyalty to Matt and her growing attraction to Sam, the summer boy, is respectfully portrayed. Anna and Sam are in many ways the perfect summer romance: teasing, hot, honest, lustful, fun, and any decisions Anna makes are based on what Anna wants, not what someone else pushes.
Frankie is damaged by her brother's death. Anna often thinks of the Frankie "before" and the Frankie "now" as two different people. In reality, Frankie is the same as she was, even if now she is driven by the sense that death happens and life is short so why not kiss a guy you think is cute even if you're not sure what his last name is?
Twenty Boy Summer is Anna's story, and it is warmly, wonderfully told, with humor and happiness and tears and triumph. But I ended the book wanting to know more about Frankie, still worried about her. Anna's journey is done; she loved, she lost, she found love and knows that she may fall in love again. Frankie, though -- Frankie with her searching, her quest, her pretending to be who she thinks she should be, Frankie with a loss that is deeper than Anna's -- she haunts me and I want to know more about her.
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3 Comments on Twenty Boy Summer, last added: 12/9/2009
I thought it was still partially about Anna's and Frankie's grief: otherwise, why did it make me cry so much? I do agree it was about friendship and decision-making and moving on. It was one of my favorite reads of 2009 despite the tears (and despite the fact that it reminded me of that old Kristy McNichol movie, Little Darlings, I think it was called).
I think some of the grief is over the changes in their friendship, that while they are the same, they are different and that is sad. Sad that they couldn't tell each other what was going on. I thought this was one of the best books I read this year.
I really really enjoyed this book and would highly recommend it. It's not as fluffy as the title suggests, but not as serious as the back cover copy shows. A wonderful mix all around! Great job spreading the word!
With budgets being frozen and cut, it can be hard to find the money to host a traditional author visit. Here are six tips to connect with authors – virtually and in person – for little to no money.
1. Piggyback: When you book an author, you don’t just have speaker fees. You also need to pay for travel, lodging, and other expenses. One way to cut costs is to piggy back on book tours. When Jeff Kinney came to our local Border’s, one of our elementary librarians contacted his publisher who put her in touch with his agent. She was able to schedule a school visit between his other engagements. While this visit was not exactly cheap, it was cheaper than it might have been.
2. Buy Local: Another way to avoid travel fees is to book a local author. YALSA has a wiki which lists YA authors by state. Local authors may be more willing to work with your budget constraints since it is a way for them to support their community.
3. Skype: Author Kate Messner wrote about Skype visits with authors recently for SLJ. As she points out, many authors will do a Skype visit for free as long as the participants have read the book.
4. Let Teens Ask the Questions: At my library, I have started a blog to provide a forum for teens to interview authors. Another way to facilitate interviews is via podcasts. Check out the ones by the librarians at the Mount Kisco Public Library for good examples. How do you get interview subjects? Ask them. Most author websites list their contact information. For the AuthorView blog, so far I’ve made two interview requests. One said he was too busy. Another, Sarah Ockler, gladly agreed, and you can read her interview online now.
5. Promote Author Sites: Individual authors offer opportunities for readers to connect to them via their websites. The most involved site I know of is Nerdfighters, a community started by John Green and his brother Hank. Community members chat, share pictures and videos, and blog. The content ranges far beyond Green’s work, but does have a literary focus. Other authors, such as Maureen Johnson, Melissa Walker, and Justine Larbalestier have lively blogs which encourage comments and participation from teens through contests, advice columns and more. Link to these blogs and communities on your library site.
6. Take Advantage of Author Group Offers: Authors are joining together in groups to reach out to readers, including teachers and librarians. The Class of 2K9 has a program called Authors2Go. They plan on offering the program through the end of this school year. You’ll get a signed copy of the book, plus the opportunity to interact with an author online or in person. The Class of 2K10 plans to offer a similar program in the coming year.
There are six tips to get you started. What would you add to the list?
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By: Wendy Toliver,
on 9/4/2011
By: Jason Boog,
on 8/5/2011
In an inspiring response to censorship, the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library will give away up to 150 free copies of Slaughterhouse Five to high school students in Republic, Missouri.
Earlier this week, a Missouri school board voted 4-0 to remove Sarah Ockler‘s Twenty Boy Summer and Kurt Vonnegut‘s Slaughterhouse-Five from the Republic High School library.
A Missouri school board voted 4-0 this week to yank Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut out of the Republic High School library. The move has already drawn thousands of responses online.
By: Adventures in Children's Publishing,
on 7/20/2011
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Update on the situation: The books are back in the library, but a parent has to go to the school and check it out for their teen. What?
http://sarahockler.com/2011/09/20/banned-books-compromise-im-not-touching-him/#comments
If your blood pressure needs a nice boost, go read the comments. ;D
I heard about this book because it was banned, and it's on my TBR pile. Cant' wait to get into it. :-D
@ebony me, too! i wanted to read it more after i heard it was banned.