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To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee | Literature & Fiction
Registered by reverends of Phillipsburg, New Jersey USA on Sunday, August 21, 2005
Average 10 star rating by BookCrossing Members 

status (set by SheWhoReads): travelling


This book is in the wild! This Book is Currently in the Wild!

2 journalers for this copy...

Journal Entry 1 by reverends from Phillipsburg, New Jersey USA on Sunday, August 21, 2005

10 out of 10

Will be sending this out real soon. 

Journal Entry 2 by reverends at Postal Release in Phillipsburg, New Jersey USA on Sunday, August 21, 2005

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Released 6 yrs ago (8/21/2005 UTC) at Postal Release in Phillipsburg, New Jersey USA

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Shipping this out in response to a trade request received at FrugalReader.com. 

Journal Entry 3 by SheWhoReads from Athens, Georgia USA on Wednesday, September 07, 2005

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This came in the mail yesterday. Thanks, reverends! 

Journal Entry 4 by SheWhoReads from Athens, Georgia USA on Wednesday, September 07, 2005

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I love this book! It's both a wonderfully-written and evocative novel about life in a small Southern town of yesteryear and a interesting, complex examination of racism. A modern classic and a must-read for anybody living in America today.

I'm reserving this book for the Banned Books Month Release Challenge.

#41 on the ALA's list of 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000.

Here is The Forbidden Library's entry on To Kill a Mockingbird:
This novel has been challenged quite a lot due to its racial themes. Challenged--and temporarily banned--in Eden Valley, Minn.(1977); Challenged at the Warren, Ind. Township schools (1981), because the book "represents institutionalized racism under the guise of 'good literature'." After unsuccessfully banning the novel, three black parents resigned from the township human relations advisory council. Banned from the Lindale, Tex. advanced placement English reading list (1996) because the book "conflicted with the values of the community."


I honestly don't understand that at all. How can a book about the evils of racism be considered racist? It's utterly senseless.

Here's what the Banned Books Project had to say:
Considered "dangerous" because of profanity and undermining of race relations. Challenged (temporaily banned) in Eden Valley, Minnesota, 1977; Vernon-Verona-Sherill, New York, School District, 1980; Warren, Indiana, township schools, 1981; Waukegan, Illinois, School District, 1984; Kansas City, Missouri, junior high schools, 1985; Park Hill (Missouri) Junior High School, 1985. Protested by black parents and NAACP in Casa Grande (Arizona) Elementary School District, 1985.
 

Journal Entry 5 by SheWhoReads at UGA Campus! in Athens, Georgia USA on Thursday, September 08, 2005

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Released 6 yrs ago (9/8/2005 UTC) at UGA Campus! in Athens, Georgia USA

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I asked my mother, who works at UGA, to release this book for me. I'll add the specific details about where she left the book after I talk to her! She probably left it at either Baldwin Hall or at New College.

Edited to Add:
She left it in the ladies' room at Baldwin Hall. 



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