Censored Books II Critical Viewpoints, 1985-2000

by Karolides, Nicholas J.

• ISBN13: 9780810841475
• ISBN10: 0810841479
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-01-15
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

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.

Author Biography

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

Table of Contents

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