[ISLMA-Share] Paper Girls Teen Choice Book Abe Lincoln/Teen Choice

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I have read it. It's set in the 1980's and accurately represents how girls
talked to each other absent adult authority. (I can say this as someone who
was a teenager in that decade. Everybody thought we were sweet girls. We
were, but we could swear like sailors and flipped each other off with
abandon.)

Leah Krippner
Librarian, Harlem High School
I am currently reading *Dotmeme* by Mike A. Lancaster

On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 12:29 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

>
> Hello all-
>
> Has anyone read this book yet? It is marked as teen + in titlewave. I
> ordered it and the rest of the series for my high school.
>
> It was checked out and returned with a verbal challenge due to content. My
> assistant sent it to me to read.
>
> I am not very conservative.  I was shocked by the language inside. Third
> page f%#} you.  Page 5 hell morning. Page 7 g d.  Page 8 faggot. Page 9
> b^%#}.
>
> You get the idea. Almost every page has a swear word on it or a rude
> gesture.
>
> Originally my comment to the high school was YA fiction contains some
> swear words and some mild sexual situations. Hence the label.  This is on
> pretty much every page.
>
> Please share your thoughts. I hate censorship. However, I don’t want to
> spend next year explaining to conservative small town parents why this book
> is at our HS.
>
> Thank you
> Kathryn Green
> District Librarian
> OCUSD220
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