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Be an outlaw. Check out a banned book.

gossipgirls.gif >It's that time of year, again - September 29 - October 6, 2007 marks the week that we recognize books that have been banned or challenged in different parts of the country throughout the years. There are authors whose work has been frequently targeted - Judy Blume, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Carolyn Mackler; and then there are the picture books for children that seem to draw ire and consternation from those who feel they know better. Take, for example, the recent situation in Maine in which a woman checked out copies of It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex and Sexual Health by Robie H. Harris, and has written a letter to the library's director saying that she will not return them as she finds the content so offensive. Whatever your feelings are, they are yours and you have a right to them, but do any of us have the right to censor access to books? It's all about freedom, folks.

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