Day They Came to Arrest the Book, The
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
Like, omigod, that cover art is totally 80's. :pWhen a group of people try to ban Huckleberry Finn from his high school, newspaper editor Barney decides to take a stand against censorship. Will he succeed, or will Huck need to float off down the river to somewhere else?
Here's another copy on my shelf.
Headed out as a wishlist RABCK; released for Secretariat's 2015 Never Judge a Book By Its Cover Challenge (week 33: books).This book has been released in the name of free speech and freedom of expression, and in memory of the victims of the attack on Charlie Hebdo.
Thank you, hyphen8, for the RABCK!! And for the very cool BC labels!! I'm looking forward to reading this.
This had been on my wishlist at BookCrossing.com for quite a long time, and with appropriate timing, I received this as a RABCK from a BC member just prior to Banned Books Week.
As far as I know, this book has never been hit with a censorship fight, and it would be rather ironic if it did. Not impossible, though. Look at Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury. One of the classics about the banning of books has been on the lists of many who've tried to get it banned from schools and libraries.
This novel is more idea-driven, than character-driven. The characters are a bit flat, though each are clearly delineated, so there is no issue with following who is saying what.
The main concept/theme of this book, censorship, is very easy to follow. One student complained about a book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and soon there is a fury of followers that want to see the book banned from the reading curriculum and from the school library shelves. The lines are drawn early on, and the issue reaches, not only a review board and the school board, but the whole nation.
The author does a fair job of including the arguments pro and con for banning a book from a school, allowing the reader to form their own conclusion on the issue.
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An addendum: I've just learned this book has made it to a Challenged Book list.
In 1990 the novel was challenged in the Albermarle Middle School in Charlottesville, Virginia, for being inflammatory and encouraging students to defy legitimate authority.
http://www.enotes.com/topics/day-they
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Thanks again to hyphen8 for this book.
As far as I know, this book has never been hit with a censorship fight, and it would be rather ironic if it did. Not impossible, though. Look at Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury. One of the classics about the banning of books has been on the lists of many who've tried to get it banned from schools and libraries.
This novel is more idea-driven, than character-driven. The characters are a bit flat, though each are clearly delineated, so there is no issue with following who is saying what.
The main concept/theme of this book, censorship, is very easy to follow. One student complained about a book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and soon there is a fury of followers that want to see the book banned from the reading curriculum and from the school library shelves. The lines are drawn early on, and the issue reaches, not only a review board and the school board, but the whole nation.
The author does a fair job of including the arguments pro and con for banning a book from a school, allowing the reader to form their own conclusion on the issue.
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An addendum: I've just learned this book has made it to a Challenged Book list.
In 1990 the novel was challenged in the Albermarle Middle School in Charlottesville, Virginia, for being inflammatory and encouraging students to defy legitimate authority.
http://www.enotes.com/topics/day-they
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Thanks again to hyphen8 for this book.
Journal Entry 5 by yvensong at Sierra View Library Book Exchange in Reno, Nevada USA on Friday, December 4, 2015
Released 8 yrs ago (12/3/2015 UTC) at Sierra View Library Book Exchange in Reno, Nevada USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I had contacted a couple of people who had this on their wishlist, but neither of them replied, so I have added this to the Sierra View Library Book Exchange rack.
