Censored Books II

Nicholas J. Karolides is Professor of English and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Wisconsin, River Falls. He is also the author of 100 Banned Books.

• Chapter 1 ForewordChapter 2 IntroductionChapter 3 1. Banned by Neglect: Tom Sawyer, Teaching the ConflictsChapter 4 2. Growing up with the Alice Series by Phyllis Reynolds NaylorChapter 5 3. Facing Intolerance: All-American Boys by Frank MoscaChapter 6 4. Always Running from the Real Issues: Why Kids Should Read about Gangs and DrugsChapter 7 5. The Amazing Bone: Any Book Can Offend SomeoneChapter 8 6. Stock Phrases for All Occasions: The Lessons of As I Lay DyingChapter 9 7. Censors "Who Like to Watch" Curricula: Jerzy Kosinski and the Banning of Being ThereChapter 10 8. Un-Beloved?Chapter 11 9. Censorship and Bless Me, Ultima: A Journey through Fear to UnderstandingChapter 12 10. Protecting Them from What? In Praise of BlubberChapter 13 11. The Portrayal of Sexuality in Toni Morrison's The Bluest EyeChapter 14 12. In Defense of The Boy Who Lost His FaceChapter 15 13. Bridge to Terabithia Too Good to MissChapter 16 14. Stephen King's Cases against Child Abuse: Carrie and The ShiningChapter 17 15. Defending Ayla: Two Novels about Being DifferentChapter 18 16. In Defense of Crazy LadyChapter 19 17. Keep Cujo UnleashedChapter 20 18. Examining the Power of Curses, Hexes, & SpellsChapter 21 19. Defending Children's Schooltime Reading: Daddy's Roommate and Heather's MommiesChapter 22 20. A Defense of A Day No Pigs Would DieChapter 23 21. The Drowning of Stephan Jones by Bette GreeneChapter 24 22. The Invisible Adolescent: Robert Cormier's FadeChapter 25 23. Defending Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers: Framing—Not Taming—ControversyChapter 26 24. Lois Lowry's The GiverChapter 27 25. Goosebumps by R.L. StineChapter 28 26. In Defense of GillyChapter 29 27. Things Fade and Alternatives Exclude: Truth and Myth in John Gardner's GrendelChapter 30 28. Communicating Pleasure: Halloween ABC by Eve MerriamChapter 31 29. Called to Be a Handmaid: Defending Margaret AtwoodChapter 32 30. Defending Harry PotterChapter 33 31. The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley SnyderChapter 34 32. In Defense of CupidChapter 35 33. Isabel Allende's The House of the SpiritsChapter 36 34. Rationale for How to Eat Fried WormsChapter 37 35. Journey to Understanding: Defending I Am the CheeseChapter 38 36. In the Spirit of Crazy Horse: Censorship and the FBI-AIM Wars of the 1970sChapter 39 37. Sexual Development: Letting Kids Know It's Perfectly NormalChapter 40 38. Roald Dahl's James and the Giant PeachChapter 41 39. Julie-Miyax: The Emergence of Dual Identity in Julie of the Wolves and JulieChapter 42 40. Kaffir Boy: A RationaleChapter 43 41. In Defense of Killing Mr. GriffinChapter 44 42. Harry Mazer's The Last Mission, and MoreChapter 45 43. Afraid of the Dark: Censorship, Ray Bradbury, and The Martian ChroniclesChapter 46 44. My Brother Sam Is Dead: Embracing the Contradictions and Uncertainties of Life and WarChapter 47 45. Censored: An Author's PerspectiveChapter 48 46. Literature, History, and Social Value: In Defense of Native SonChapter 49 47. Sweet Dreams: In Support of NightmaresChapter 50 48. The Pigman's Story: Teaching Paul Zindel in the 21st CenturyChapter 51 49. Keeping Their Parents Happy: Roald Dahl's Revolving RhymesChapter 52 50. Running with, Not from, Running LooseChapter 53 51. Conquering Our Fears: Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories SeriesChapter 54 52. Will McBride's Show Me!Chapter 55 53. Not So Loathsome After All: In Defense of Hastings and Wijngaard's Sir Gawain and the Loathly LadyChapter 56 54. Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon: An African American EpicChapter 57 55. Clorox Dishes and Hide the Books: A Defense of Snow Falling on CedarsChapter 58 56. Defending The StupidsChapter 59 57. Bette Greene's Summer of My German Soldier: The War within the Human HeartChapter 60 58. Judy Blume's Tiger Eyes: A Perspective on Fear and DeathChapter 61 59. Sex, Swearing, and Sacrilege: A Rationale for Vision QuestChapter 62 60. The Avenger Strikes Again: We All Fall DownChapter 63 61. Understanding Sexuality Education: Two Books by Lynda MadarasChapter 64 62. The Subversive Quality of Respect: In Defense of The WitchesChapter 65 63. Breaking the Rules: A Defense of A Wrinkle in TimeChapter 66 64. Yellow Raft in Blue WaterChapter 67 Index of Authors and TitlesChapter 68 About the Contributors

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