Even the author says it’s really intended for high school students.” Withdrawn. According to a school spokesperson, “there’s description of pornography, there’s smoking, and the book ends with a kind of question about a possible suicide. Sidestepping district policy and precedent, administrators withdrew the title from all middle schools. A parent of an 8th-grade student at Galileo STEM Academy (Boise, ID) complained to school administrators about Green’s YA novel. School officials followed their reconsideration process and the book was retained. While not asking for the removal of the book, he did seek parental notification of reading selections, and the ability to opt-out. 2019Ī parent of an honors student in Clinton (NC) English II class complained about the alleged pornography and vulgar language of Green’s YA novel at a public board meeting of the school district. The complaint stated that Looking for Alaska contains sexually explicit encounters in detail, bad language, and normalizes dishonesty, hazing, underage drinking, and smoking. Status of the titles is unknown.Ī written challenge was submitted to the School District Of Manawa (WI). They urged parents to contact them for more information.

2022Ī group called Purple for Parents Indiana posted on Facebook that the Bremen (IN) School District had two “obscene” books in the high school library: Looking For Alaska by John Green, and All the Rage by Courtney Summers. Marshall University does not ban books! The information is provided to let people know what has been banned/challenged elsewhere.

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