[ISLMA-Share] Reviews of middle school titles

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Common Sense Media does a good job letting you know about mature content.
They have a ranking system for different kinds of mature themes and even
sometimes reviews from parents.

Amy Phillips

On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 8:56 AM Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I need help from the collective group. I am the librarian at a PreK-8
> Catholic school. Recently I have discovered two books that I added to the
> middle school collection (checkout for grades 6-8) based on professional
> reviews none of which described that the book had heavy sexual content. I
> am at a pretty liberal school but these books are truly pushing the
> envelope. Does anyone have an additional reviewing resource that they have
> found that do a good job describing "mature" content in middle school books?
>
> Thanks
> Linda
>
> Linda Zeilstra Sawyer
> School Librarian
> St. Francis Xavier School
> 808 Linden Ave, Wilmette, IL 60091
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=808+Linden+Ave,+Wilmette,+IL+60091&entry=gmail&source=g>
> (847) 256-0644
>
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Amy Bromberg aebromberg at gmail.com 847-722-6169 Sent from my iPhone.
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