Defending frequently challenged young adult books : a handbook for librarians and educators /

This authoritative handbook gives you the information you need to defend challenged books with an informed response and ensure free access to young book lovers. With a profile of each book that includes its plot and characters, related materials and published reviews, awards and prizes, and Web and...

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Main Author: Scales, Pat R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, [2016]
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Table of Contents:
  • The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian / by Sherman Alexie
  • The Alice series / by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
  • Am I blue : coming out of silence / edition by Marion Dane Bauer
  • America / by E.R. Frank
  • A bad boy can be good for a girl / by Tanya Lee Stone
  • Blood and chocolate / by Annette Curtis Klause
  • A child called it : one child's courage to survive / by David J. Pelser
  • The chocolate war / by Robert Cormier
  • The contender / by Robert Lipsyte
  • Crank / by Ellen Hopkins
  • Daughters of Eve / by Lois Duncan
  • A day no pigs would die / by Robert Newton Peck
  • Deliver us from Evie / by M. E. Kerr
  • The drowning of Stephan Jones / by Bette Greene
  • The earth, my butt and other big round things / by Carolyn Mackler
  • Eleanor and Park / by Rainbow Rowell
  • Fallen angels / by Walter Dean Myers
  • The fault in our stars / by John Green
  • Feed / by M.T. Anderson
  • Forever / by Judy Blume
  • Geography club / by Brent Hartinger
  • Give a boy a gun / by Todd Strasser
  • The giver / by Lois Lowry
  • Go ask Alice / by Anonymous
  • Going bovine / by Libba Bray
  • The golden compass / by Philip Pullman
  • How to steal a car / by Pete Hautman
  • The hunger games / by Suzanne Collins
  • I am J / by Cris Beam
  • Impulse / by Ellen Hopkins
  • Internet girls / by Lauren Myracle
  • Killing Mr. Griffin / by Lois Duncan
  • Looking for Alaska / by John Green
  • Mexican white boy / by Matt de la Peña
  • The miseducation of Cameron Post / by emily m. danforth
  • Monster / by Walter Dean Myers
  • One fat summer / by Robert Lipsyte
  • The perks of being a wallflower / by Stephen Chbosky
  • Persepolis : the story of a childhood / by Marjane Satrapi
  • Push / by Sapphire
  • Rainbow boys / by Alex Sanchez
  • Speak / by Laurie Halse Anderson
  • Staying fat for Sarah Burns / by Chris Crutcher
  • Stuck in neutral / by Terry Trueman
  • Thirteen reasons why / by Jay Asher
  • This one summer / by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki
  • Twisted / by Laurie Halse Anderson
  • Two boys kissing / by David Levinthan
  • Unwind / by Neal Shusterman
  • Vegan virgin valentine / by Carolyn Mackler
  • We all fall down / by Robert Cormier
  • Whale talk / by Chris Crutcher
  • What my mother doesn't know / by Sonya Sones
  • Wintergirls / by Laurie Halse Anderson
  • Appendix A. Adult books that have been challenged/banned in the high school curriculum
  • Appendix B. Rankings of young adult books on top 100 banned/challenged books : 2000-2009
  • Appendix C. Rankings of young adult books on top 100 most frequently challenged books : 1990-1999
  • Appendix D. Resources for teaching young adults about the freedom to read
  • Appendix E. Professional resources : book censorship and freedom to read
  • Appendix F. Censorship teaching ideas
  • Appendix G. Free speech organizations.