Retained in the Fond du Lac, Wis. High School sophomore advanced English class (2006). Parents objected to teens reading Angelou’s account of being brutally raped by her mother’s boyfriend and an unwanted pregnancy later in life. Parents will receive notification and be allowed to decide whether or not they approve of its use by their children, according to recommendations agreed upon by a review committee and parents who objected to use of the book. Source: Jan. 2007. pp.30-31.

The Judson, Tex. School district board overruled (2006) Superintendent Ed Lyman’s ban of the novel from an advanced placement English curriculum. Lyman had banned the book after a parent complained it was sexually explicit and offensive to Christians. In doing so, he overruled the recommendation of a committee of teachers, students, and parents. The committee appealed the decision to the school board. Source: May 2006, pp.154-55.

Challenged, but retained in the West Hartford, Conn. schools (2006). Parents of a King Phillip Middle School eighth-grader thought the language, sexual content, and violence make the book PG-13. Challenged in the Wake County, N.C. schools (2006) because the book has ‘vulgar and sexually explicit language.’ Parents are getting help from Called2Action, a Christian group that says its mission is to ‘promote and defend our shared family and social values.’ Source: July 2006, pp. 184-85, 187; Sept. 2006. p. 231.

 

Challenged, but retained at the Seaman, Kans. Unified School District 345 elementary school library (2006). Source: May 2006, p. 153.

Retained at East Union High School in Manteca, Calif. (2006) senior English class. The controversial autobiography was challenged as inappropriate because a passage uses the words ‘penis’ and ‘anus’ to describe a scene in which a group of young boys are about to prostitute themselves to a group of men for food. Source: July 2006, pp.209-10.

Retained on the Northwest Suburban High School District 214 reading list in Arlington Heights, Ill. (2006) along with eight other challenged titles. A board member, elected amid promises to bring her Christian beliefs into all board decision-making, raised the controversy based on excerpts from the books she’d found on the Internet. Pulled from the senior Advancement Placement English class at Easter High School in Louisville, Ky. (2007) because two parents complained that the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about antebellum slavery depicted the inappropriate topics of bestiality, racism, and sex. Source: July 2006, pp.210-11; May 2007, pp. 98, 121.

Challenged in the Howell, Mich. High School (2007) because of the book’s strong sexual content. In response to a request from the president of the Livingston Organization for Values in Education, or LOVE, the country’s top law enforcement official reviewed the books to see whether laws against distribution of sexually explicit materials to minors had been broken. ‘After reading the books in question, it is clear that the explicit passages illustrated a larger literary, artistic or political message and were not included solely to appeal to the prurient interests of minors," the county prosecutor wrote. "Whether these materials are appropriate for minors is a decision to be made by the school board, but I find that they are not in violation of the criminal laws." Source: Mar. 2007, pp.51-52; May 2007, p.116.

Retained on the Northwest Suburban High School District 214 reading list in Arlington Heights, Ill. (2006), along with eight other challenged titles. A board member, elected amid promises to bring her Christian beliefs into all board decision-making, raised the controversy based on excerpts from the books she’d found on the Internet. Source: July 2006, pp210-11.

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