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- Final Word on Vamos a Cuba by Fahrenheit 451: Freedom to Read on Nov 20, 2009 in school board US Miami-Dade vamos a cuba
According to School Library Journal, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear arguments to overturn a decision by the Miami-Dade School District that took Vamos a Cuba off of public school library shelves. This means that the decision of the 11th U.S.
- The Lovely Bones by Fahrenheit 451: Freedom to Read on Nov 2, 2009 in Alice Sebold Lovely Bones challenged
The Lovely Bones movie is scheduled to be released in January 2010. According to Books Challenged or Banned in 2007-2008 by Robert P. Doyle, The Lovely Bones was "moved to the faculty section of the John W. McDevitt Middle School library in Waltham,...
- American Banned Books Week by Fahrenheit 451: Freedom to Read on Sep 25, 2009 in banning banned books week US ala
Just a quick reminder that the American Library Association Banned Books Weeks runs from September 26 − October 3, 2009. Check out the little drama created by Puppet Book Banners.
- US Book Challenges Mapped by Location by Fahrenheit 451: Freedom to Read on Sep 12, 2009 in banning American Booksellers Association challenge banned books week ala National Coalition Against Censorship
Check out the 2007 - 2009 challenges to books, mapped by location. These have been recorded on the Banned Books Week website. This map is drawn from cases documented by ALA and the Kids' Right to Read Project, a collaboration of the National Coalit...
- To Pull, Ban or Kill A Mockingbird by Fahrenheit 451: Freedom to Read on Aug 28, 2009 in Harper Lee racial Lawrence Hill To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is being pulled from the Grade 10 English curriculum at Brampton's St. Edmund Campion Secondary School following the complaint of a parent over the use of the n-word. The classic book d...
- A Milestone for Us by Fahrenheit 451: Freedom to Read on Aug 7, 2009 in milestones Meg Cabot
Today our counter hit over 100,000 hits and 150,000 page views since we installed Sitemeter. Thank you to our faithful readers and to Meg Cabot, who, with one mention had us shut down as a spam site for a day as our stats spiked.





