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Censorship in Texas I’ve posted a couple times about the craziness in Humble, Texas regarding Ellen Hopkins being “disinvited” to the Teen Lit Fest. But after talking to a few of my grads, I’d like to...
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Banned Books Week Giveaway
Banned Books Week has officially started, so I’m bringing back my week of posts about banned books. I always put up a display in my classroom during this week so I can discuss censorship with my...
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Banned Books Week: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
It’s Banned Books Week so I’m highlighting a different banned book each day this week. My posts will include the banned book, where/why it’s been banned (or challenged), my opinion, and a student’s...
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Banned Books Week: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
It’s Banned Books Week so I’m highlighting a different banned book each day this week. My posts will include the banned book, where/why it’s been banned (or challenged), my opinion, and a student’s...
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Banned Books Week: Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
It’s Banned Books Week so I’m highlighting a different banned book each day this week. My posts will include the banned book, where/why it’s been banned (or challenged), my opinion, and a student’s...
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Banned Books Week: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
It’s Banned Books Week so I’m highlighting a different banned book each day this week. My posts will include the banned book, where/why it’s been banned (or challenged), my opinion, and a student’s...
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Banned Books Week: Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher
This is my last post for Banned Books Week this year. Reminder: I’m also hosting a banned books giveaway, so I hope you’ll check it out and enter to win a banned book of your choice (ends Saturday)....
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Top Books Read in September
This school year I’m doing something different with my book check-out system. I’m still using a binder, but now I have it separated by class period; it seems to be a much better system because the...
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Top Ten Tuesday: Posts That Describe Me Best
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and The Bookish This week’s Top Ten Tuesday post is fun because it prompts us to choose ten posts that describe us best and that we wish all readers (and...
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Banned Books Week, Jay Asher, and an Online Literary Hangout
Banned Books Week sneaked up on me this year, and for the first time in a couple years I don’t have a series of Banned Books Week posts ready. Today kicks off the week, so I’m happy to at least...
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