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|description_of_content=The book is about a high school boy, Charlie, who is trying to learn to "participate" in life. He befriends a group of interesting older kids who introduce him to partying and other activities. In letters that Charlie writes to an anonymous stranger, he talks about his family, his friends, and his complicated, often overwhelming, feelings about growing up. | |description_of_content=The book is about a high school boy, Charlie, who is trying to learn to "participate" in life. He befriends a group of interesting older kids who introduce him to partying and other activities. In letters that Charlie writes to an anonymous stranger, he talks about his family, his friends, and his complicated, often overwhelming, feelings about growing up. | ||
|description_of_incident=A parent wrote to a member of the school board, citing a two-page passage narrating a date-rape scene, other parents emailed the superintendent in an attempt to ban Chbosky’s book. | |description_of_incident=A parent wrote to a member of the school board, citing a two-page passage narrating a date-rape scene, other parents emailed the superintendent in an attempt to ban Chbosky’s book. | ||
|description_of_result=The district decided not to ban the book. | |description_of_result=The district decided not to ban the book. | ||
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|source=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/12/05/opinions-split-on-freshman-assignment-in-grandview.html | |||
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Revision as of 22:23, 29 January 2013
Artist: Stephen Chybosky
Year: 2012
Date of Action: November 30, 2012
Region: North America
Location: Grandview Heights, Ohio
Subject: Explicit Sexuality, Sexual/Gender Orientation, Youth
Medium: Literature
Confronting Bodies: Parents
Description of Artwork: The book is about a high school boy, Charlie, who is trying to learn to "participate" in life. He befriends a group of interesting older kids who introduce him to partying and other activities. In letters that Charlie writes to an anonymous stranger, he talks about his family, his friends, and his complicated, often overwhelming, feelings about growing up.
The Incident: A parent wrote to a member of the school board, citing a two-page passage narrating a date-rape scene, other parents emailed the superintendent in an attempt to ban Chbosky’s book.
Results of Incident: The district decided not to ban the book.
