![]() Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play Music, or RSS Feed Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read. ![]() She is the author of more than forty books for young adults, including the popular Anastasia Krupnik. After studying at Brown University, she married, started a family, and turned her attention to writing. She was born in Hawaii and grew up in New York, Pennsylvania, and Japan. ![]() ![]() "Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009." Retrieved on 17 Aug 01 from ĭoyle, Robert P. Lois Lowry is known for her versatility and invention as a writer. #75 on the Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009ġ986 - California - Roosevelt Elementary School's principal in Tulare removed the book but returned it later with the word "shit" whited outġ991 - Kansas - Challenged as offensive in Wichita public schools, it was retained.ġ992 - Wisconsin - For profanity and references to underage drinking the book was removed but later returned to Stevens Point Area School elementary recommended reading list.ġ998 - South Carolina - Because of "Lowry's use of a vulgarity for human waste, as well as the use of a slang term for sex," the book was removed from the Cayce-West Columbia School District's Congaree Elementary School library.ĪLA. Being ten is so hard, especially when you have to make lists about all the things you hate. ![]()
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![]() ![]() What is your favorite family activity to do in Westport or the surrounding towns? We love the beach, hiking on one of the trails at the Aspetuck land Trust, kayaking, going to The Levitt during the summer, enjoying the various activities at The Westport Historical Society and most of all eating take out Indian food. In the future there will be more apps to give parents control and limit screen time so hopefully it will get better but it has been challenging having my kids be the guinea pig generation. What has been the most difficult age with your children to date? What helped you overcome the challenges at that time? Raising kids who are the first generation of tweens to have cell phones and then personal computers for school has been a challenge. In fact, when I was little, my favorite restaurants were The Clam Box and the salad bar at The Peppermill. ![]() I have lived in Westport since 2005 but spent many summers here as a kid. 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On a crash-building course, humanity has created a near-impregnable battlestation of Deathstar proportions to prove it. Now humans have battled back from the conquest by a tyrannical alien species to become a force to reckon with in the galaxy. When the orbital gates first materialized in the outer Solar System, all seemed well, but a devastating invasion ensued. The third entry in the best-selling Troy Rising saga and follow-up to blockbuster Citadel from multiple New York Times and USA Today bestseller and military SF master, John Ringo. Humanity fights back against a devastating Trojan-horse-like alien invasion of Earth and takes the fight to the stars by creating a vast battlestation as large as a planet. ![]() Armed forces veteran and seven-time New York Times best-selling author John Ringo delivers the third entry in his blockbuster Troy Rising SF series. Description New York Times best seller in hardcover. ![]() ![]() ![]() the only thing harder than getting in is staying in. 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Hannah Moskowitz has written a beautiful and messy story about friendship, jealousy, and finding the right person in all the ways you'd never expected. Ivy and Dot's developing relationship shatters everything Andie though she knew about Ivy, and about herself. This illusion is completely shattered when Ivy brings home Dot, who quickly becomes a fixture in their lives, and who Ivy is definitely beginning to fall for. Andie believes that Ivy doesn't return her feelings because she is afraid of commitment, never bringing home the same girl twice and happy to be desired by every girl in town. Harlowe is a new adult lesbian contemporary following Andie, a 19-year-old girl who has been in love with her best friend, the titular Ivy, for as long as she can remember. ![]() ![]() I am absolutely loving this series, I was in a kind of mini reading slump throughout October, so it took me awhile to read it, but that wasn’t because I didn’t like it! Having escaped Miss Peregrine’s island by the skin of their teeth, Jacob and his new friends must journey to London, the peculiar capital of the world. Along the way, they encounter new allies, a menagerie of peculiar animals, and other unexpected surprises.Ĭomplete with dozens of newly discovered (and thoroughly mesmerizing) vintage photographs, this new adventure will delight readers of all ages. This second novel begins in 1940, immediately after the first book ended. Publishers Weekly called it “an enjoyable, eccentric read, distinguished by well-developed characters, a believable Welsh setting, and some very creepy monsters.” Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children was the surprise best seller of 2011-an unprecedented mix of YA fantasy and vintage photography that enthralled readers and critics alike. Pages: Actual story 396 (including interview with Author and preview of Library of Souls: 428) ![]() Series Name: Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children ![]() ![]() ![]() Other content: explicit language, inappropriate medical examination, cum swallowing, bareback, sex toys, body worship, multiple partnersīenjamin Slowly has always tried to be a good man. Themes: masturbation, historical attitudes to sexuality, medicine, doctor, guilt, unorthodox treatment, master/servant, groom, superstition, moral failure, enemies to lovers ![]() Warning: Contains a clueless young man on a futile quest for chastity and a libertine artist eager to rid him of that goal. With the help of an unorthodox doctor and an indecent proposition to a young stablehand, Benjamin will rid himself of the vile addiction.īut can the experimental treatment be enough to make him forget his feelings for Frederick? 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