It's Banned Book Week this week! I loved Banned Book Week because it reminds people that good books are worth fighting for.
The first time I experienced censorship was in 8th grade. Our English teacher always taught The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn but the year before I entered her classroom, there was a kerfuffle about it not being appropriate. Of course, we all immediately went out to read it because obviously if parents didn't want us reading it, then it was awesome.
Eventually the parents succeeded in getting Huck Finn out of our classroom. So during my year, she taught Fahrenheit 451.
It wasn't until I was older that I realized what a deliberate and awesome choice that was!
What we can learn from this is, that if a book is banned that means it is GOOD. So go check out the list of frequently challenged books from the ALA, and try to read them all. Or maybe go see "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" in theaters now.
My second YA fiction deals with issues relavent for teenagers. Pushing the button on some issues will land my novel
ReplyDeleteon the list of banned books. The question is if it's make my novel more commerical because the Media is more likley to cover it. So I wonder if you like to represent a YA fiction that might land itself on the List, or you rather not. Best wishes.