AUTHOR: Robert Cormier
ISBN: 0440215560
Plot Summary: Four boys vandalize a Cape Code home and assault the 14-year-old girl that lives there. As she lays in a coma, her sister unwittingly falls in love with one of the thugs, and they are all stalked by 'The Avenger'.
Complaints: Violence, sex, offensive language
Pulled out of elementary and junior high school libraries in Stockton after parents complained that it glorifies alcoholism and violence, contains a rape scene and its characters use too much profanity.
Solonor Says Ban It Because: Again, I say that kids cannot empathize with anyone properly. You keep feeding them this stuff, and they're going to grow up to be serial killers. Did I finish reading the book? Hell no!
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Natrona panel backs contested book