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

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I have it on my shelves - BUT -  I also was a teen in the 1980's and it is
not accurate to the way my friends or I talked.  So, I guess it depends on
who you are talking to.  There will be some who will be offended.

On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 12:56 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> The other question you have to ask --- is the complaint motivated by
> sexism? Would they be as flipped out if the characters were male?
>
> Leah Krippner
> Librarian, Harlem High School
> I am currently reading *Dotmeme* by Mike A. Lancaster
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> On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 12:49 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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>> I just ordered it and it is flying off my shelves. It was a begged for
>> title by several students and I got it. So far, no complaints but I’ll be
>> sure to have a good reasoning ready just in case.
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>> I felt like it was really accurate to how kids talked, then and now.
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>> *From:* Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association <
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>> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 16, 2018 12:38 PM
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>> *Subject:* Re: [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
>>
>>
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>> On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 12:29 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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>> 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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