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'''Dates of Action:''' 1993
'''Dates of Action:''' 1993
'''Location:''' Bismarck, North Dakota
'''Location:''' Bismarck, North Dakota
'''Description of Artwork:''' ''Vision Quest'' is a story about
'''Description of Artwork:''' ''Vision Quest'' is a story about


'''The Incident:'''  Cindy Hochstetler  worked to get ''Vision Quest'' along with several other "shocking and pornographic" books out of Hughes Junior High School  (ND) classrooms and libraries. In April, Hochstetler filed complaints against ''Vision''  as well as [[Delievrance]] and [[Sex Education]]. She also lodged protests against seventh-grade classrooms use of [[Dead Birds Singing]], by Marc Talbert, and [[Jason and Marceline]], by Jerry Spinelle.  
'''The Incident:'''  Cindy Hochstetler  worked to get ''Vision Quest'' along with several other "shocking and pornographic" books out of Hughes Junior High School  (ND) classrooms and libraries. In April, Hochstetler filed complaints against ''Vision''  as well as [[Delievrance]] and [[Sex Education]]. She also lodged protests against seventh-grade classrooms use of [[Dead Birds Singing]], by Marc Talbert, and [[Jason and Marceline]], by Jerry Spinelle.  
'''Results of Incident:''' In late July librarians agreed to move ''Vision Quest'' along with  [[Delievrance]]  to high school libraries.On August 2, a review committee voted unanimously to keep Sex Education in the library and 8-1 to keep the Talbert and Spinelle books on the seventh grade reading list. "I'll let the Sex Education book go, " Hochstetler said after the meeting. "I just wanted a group of nine people to review it." but she appealed the other two books. On August 24, however, Superintendent Lowell Jensen ruled in favor of keeping the books. Hochstetler said she would appeal that decision to the Bismarck School Board.  
'''Results of Incident:''' In late July librarians agreed to move ''Vision Quest'' along with  [[Delievrance]]  to high school libraries.On August 2, a review committee voted unanimously to keep Sex Education in the library and 8-1 to keep the Talbert and Spinelle books on the seventh grade reading list. "I'll let the Sex Education book go, " Hochstetler said after the meeting. "I just wanted a group of nine people to review it." but she appealed the other two books. On August 24, however, Superintendent Lowell Jensen ruled in favor of keeping the books. Hochstetler said she would appeal that decision to the Bismarck School Board.  
'''Source:''' Office for Intellectual Freedom, American Library Association
'''Source:''' Office for Intellectual Freedom, American Library Association



Revision as of 16:36, 5 August 2011

Date: 1993

Region: North America

Subject: Sexual/Gender Orientation , Explicit Sexuality Nudity

Medium: Literature


Artist: Terry Davies

Confronting Bodies: Parent Cindy Hochstetler and Bismarck School Board

Dates of Action: 1993


Location: Bismarck, North Dakota


Description of Artwork: Vision Quest is a story about

The Incident: Cindy Hochstetler worked to get Vision Quest along with several other "shocking and pornographic" books out of Hughes Junior High School (ND) classrooms and libraries. In April, Hochstetler filed complaints against Vision as well as Delievrance and Sex Education. She also lodged protests against seventh-grade classrooms use of Dead Birds Singing, by Marc Talbert, and Jason and Marceline, by Jerry Spinelle.


Results of Incident: In late July librarians agreed to move Vision Quest along with Delievrance to high school libraries.On August 2, a review committee voted unanimously to keep Sex Education in the library and 8-1 to keep the Talbert and Spinelle books on the seventh grade reading list. "I'll let the Sex Education book go, " Hochstetler said after the meeting. "I just wanted a group of nine people to review it." but she appealed the other two books. On August 24, however, Superintendent Lowell Jensen ruled in favor of keeping the books. Hochstetler said she would appeal that decision to the Bismarck School Board.


Source: Office for Intellectual Freedom, American Library Association