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|description_of_incident="Intensely Alice" was challenged by the principal for its overt sexual themes. School administrators considered removing the book from the school library. | |description_of_incident="Intensely Alice" was challenged by the principal for its overt sexual themes. School administrators considered removing the book from the school library. | ||
|description_of_result=A letter was sent by NCAC urging the school to keep the novel and the challenge was dropped. | |description_of_result=A letter was sent by NCAC urging the school to keep the novel and the challenge was dropped. | ||
|source=http://archive.news-leader.com/article/20130302/NEWS01/303020053/Buffalo-Middle-School-book-ban | |||
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Latest revision as of 22:03, 9 June 2014
Artist: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Year: 2013
Date of Action: February, 2013
Region:
Location: Buffalo, Missouri
Subject: Explicit Sexuality
Medium: Literature
Confronting Bodies: School Principal
Description of Artwork: This is the 24th work in Naylor's "Alice" series. In the young adult novel, Alice visits her boyfriend at college. There, she grapples with the importance of using proper protection in sex.
The Incident: "Intensely Alice" was challenged by the principal for its overt sexual themes. School administrators considered removing the book from the school library.
Results of Incident: A letter was sent by NCAC urging the school to keep the novel and the challenge was dropped.
Source:
• http://archive.news-leader.com/article/20130302/NEWS01/303020053/Buffalo-Middle-School-book-ban