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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.
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|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.
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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