Censored Books II Critical Viewpoints,

Here is a whole new set of rationales to be used in defending challenged books. Beautifully reasoned arguments support the teaching of books that are frequently challenged by would-be censors. Karolides has chosen a wide range of literature, from Faulkner's As I Lay Dying to the contemporary bestselling Harry Potter books. For librarians, teachers, and parents--and anyone concerned with intellectual freedom.

Nicholas J. Karolides is a professor of English and associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls

Foreword

ix

Nat Hentoff

Introduction

xiii

Nicholas J. Karolides

Banned by Neglect: Tom Sawyer, Teaching the Conflicts

1

(9)

Tim Hirsch

Growing up with the Alice Series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

10

(10)

Katherine T. Bucher

M. Lee Manning

Facing Intolerance: All-American Boys by Frank Mosca

20

(8)

Sharon M. Scapple

Always Running from the Real Issues: Why Kids Should Read about Gangs and Drugs

28

(11)

Peter E. Morgan

The Amazing Bone: Any Book Can Offend Someone

39

(3)

Jane Smiley

Stock Phrases for All Occasions: The Lessons of As I Lay Dying

42

(9)

Brian Fitch

Censors ``Who Like to Watch'' Curricula: Jerzy Kosinski and the Banning of Being There

51

(7)

Dave Wood

Un-Beloved?

58

(12)

Marshall B. Toman

Censorship and Bless Me, Ultima: A Journey through Fear to Understanding

70

(10)

Linda Varvel

Protecting Them from What? In Praise of Blubber

80

(7)

Faith Sullivan

The Portrayal of Sexuality in Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye

87

(8)

Steven R. Luebke

In Defense of The Boy Who Lost His Face

95

(5)

Jeanne M. McGlinn

Bridge to Terabithia: Too Good to Miss

100

(7)

Karen Hirsch

Stephen King's Cases against Child Abuse: Carrie and The Shining

107

(8)

Susan M. Kelley

Defending Ayla: Two Novels about Being Different

115

(5)

Mary Phillips Manke

In Defense of Crazy Lady

120

(6)

Carolyn Reeder

Keep Cujo Unleashed

126

(12)

John R. Woznicki

Examining the Power of Curses, Hexes, & Spells

138

(6)

Nicholas J. Karolides

Defending Children's Schooltime Reading: Daddy's Roommate and Heather's Mommies

144

(8)

Patrick Finnessy

A Defense of A Day No Pigs Would Die

152

(7)

Jim Mulvey

The Drowning of Stephan Jones by Bette Greene

159

(4)

Carolyn Meyer

The Invisible Adolescent: Robert Cormier's Fade

163

(4)

Joyce Sweeney

Defending Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers: Framing-Not Taming-Controversy

167

(6)

Beth Murray

Lois Lowry's The Giver

173

(3)

Avi

Goosebumps by R. L. Stine

176

(6)

Sandra Soares

Julia Tiede

In Defense of Gilly

182

(5)

Connie Russell

Things Fade and Alternatives Exclude: Truth and Myth in John Gardner's Grendel

187

(5)

Lynda Durrant

Communicating Pleasure: Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam

192

(7)

Judith Volc

Called to Be a Handmaid: Defending Margaret Atwood

199

(7)

Ruth Wood

Defending Harry Potter

206

(7)

Elizabeth A. Poe

The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

213

(7)

Susan Koosmann

In Defense of Cupid

220

(5)

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits

225

(9)

Cecilia Bustamante-Marre

Rationale for How to Eat Fried Worms

234

(9)

Lisa A. Spiegel

Journey to Understanding: Defending I Am the Cheese

243

(7)

Kristine M. Bjerk

In the Spirit of Crazy Horse: Censorship and the FBI-AIM Wars of the 1970s

250

(9)

Maggi Kramm

Sexual Development: Letting Kids Know It's Perfectly Normal

259

(5)

Nancy Bayne

Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach

264

(5)

Bill Brittain

Julie-Miyax: The Emergence of Dual Identity in Julie of the Wolves and Julie

269

(10)

Anne Sherrill

Kaffir Boy: A Rationale

279

(6)

Deborah Brown

In Defense of Killing Mr. Griffin

285

(5)

Susanne L. Johnston

Harry Mazer's The Last Mission, and More

290

(6)

Ken Donelson

Afraid of the Dark: Censorship, Ray Bradbury, and The Martian Chronicles

296

(9)

Michael Angelotti

My Brother Sam Is Dead: Embracing the Contradictions and Uncertainties of Life and War

305

(6)

Kathy G. Short

Censored: An Author's Perspective

311

(13)

Christopher Collier

Literature, History, and Social Value: In Defense of Native Son

324

(9)

Nellie Y. McKay

Dave Junker

Sweet Dreams: In Support of Nightmares

333

(11)

Margaret Yatsevitch Phinney

The Pigman's Story: Teaching Paul Zindel in the 21st Century

344

(7)

Grant T. Smith

Keeping Their Parents Happy: Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes

351

(6)

David Furniss

Running with, Not from, Running Loose

357

(9)

Chris Crowe

Conquering Our Fears: Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories Series

366

(6)

Caroline G. Majak

Will McBride's Show Me!

372

(8)

Marc Talbert

Not So Loathsome After All: In Defense of Hastings and Wijngaard's Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady

380

(7)

Scot Smith

Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon: An African American Epic

387

(8)

Suzanne Elizabeth Reid

Clorox the Dishes and Hide the Books: A Defense of Snow Falling on Cedars

395

(8)

Jenny Brantley

Defending The Stupids

403

(6)

Gail Munde

Bette Greene's Summer of My German Soldier: The War within the Human Heart

409

(5)

Rosalie Benoit Weaver

Judy Blume's Tiger Eyes: A Perspective on Fear and Death

414

(5)

Charles R. Duke

Sex, Swearing, and Sacrilege: A Rationale for Vision Quest

419

(8)

Wendy J. Glenn

The Avenger Strikes Again: We All Fall Down

427

(9)

John S. Simmons

Understanding Sexuality Education: Two Books by Lynda Madaras

436

(10)

Faye J. Perkins

The Subversive Quality of Respect: In Defense of The Witches

446

(6)

Amanda Bergson-Shilcock

Breaking the Rules: A Defense of A Wrinkle in Time

452

(6)

Susannah Sheffer

Yellow Raft in Blue Water

458

(9)

Minfong Ho

Index of Authors and Titles

467

(2)

About the Contributors

469

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