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Librarians are in ideal positions to collaborate with educators to not only protect the freedom to read but also ensure that books are not quarantined from the readers for whom they were written. Champion of children's literature Scales shows that there is a way to teach these books while respecting all views.

Table of Contents
  • Foreword to the First Edition by Judy Blume
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Studying the First Amendment
  • Part I: The Bully and the Outcast
  • 1 Belle Prater’s Boy by Ruth White
  • 2 Blubber by Judy Blume
  • 3 The Goats by Brock Cole
  • 4 Holes by Louis Sachar
  • 5 Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
  • 6 When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt
  • 7 Wringer by Jerry Spinelli
  • 8 One Fat Summer by Robert Lipsyte
  • Part II : Racism and Bigotry
  • 9 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
  • 10 The Watsons Go to Birmingham — 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
  • 11 Monster by Walter Dean Myers
  • 12 The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
  • Part III: Reality and Tough Choices
  • 13 Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
  • 14 Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
  • 15 George by Alex Gino
  • 16 The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
  • 17 Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
  • 18 Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
  • 19 Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
  • 20 The Contender by Robert Lipsyte
  • Part IV: Other Cultures and Other Lands
  • 21 Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
  • 22 Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
  • 23 American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang; Illustrated by Gene Luen Yang and Lark Pien
  • Part V: The Past and the Future
  • 24 Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
  • 25 My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
  • 26 The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman
  • 27 Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
  • 28 The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
  • 29 The Giver by Lois Lowry
  • 30 The House of Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
  • Part VI: This Was My Life
  • 31 Bad Boy: A Memoir by Walter Dean Myers
  • 32 Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos
  • Index

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      Publisher ALA Editions
      Published 11/30/2019 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780838946381
      978-0838946381
      ISBN-10 0838946380
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Librarians are in ideal positions to collaborate with educators to not only protect the freedom to read but also ensure that books are not quarantined from the readers for whom they were written. Champion of children's literature Scales shows that there is a way to teach these books while respecting all views.

      Table of Contents
      • Foreword to the First Edition by Judy Blume
      • Preface
      • Introduction: Studying the First Amendment
      • Part I: The Bully and the Outcast
      • 1 Belle Prater’s Boy by Ruth White
      • 2 Blubber by Judy Blume
      • 3 The Goats by Brock Cole
      • 4 Holes by Louis Sachar
      • 5 Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
      • 6 When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt
      • 7 Wringer by Jerry Spinelli
      • 8 One Fat Summer by Robert Lipsyte
      • Part II : Racism and Bigotry
      • 9 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
      • 10 The Watsons Go to Birmingham — 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
      • 11 Monster by Walter Dean Myers
      • 12 The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
      • Part III: Reality and Tough Choices
      • 13 Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
      • 14 Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
      • 15 George by Alex Gino
      • 16 The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
      • 17 Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
      • 18 Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
      • 19 Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
      • 20 The Contender by Robert Lipsyte
      • Part IV: Other Cultures and Other Lands
      • 21 Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
      • 22 Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
      • 23 American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang; Illustrated by Gene Luen Yang and Lark Pien
      • Part V: The Past and the Future
      • 24 Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
      • 25 My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
      • 26 The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman
      • 27 Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
      • 28 The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
      • 29 The Giver by Lois Lowry
      • 30 The House of Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
      • Part VI: This Was My Life
      • 31 Bad Boy: A Memoir by Walter Dean Myers
      • 32 Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos
      • Index

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