AUTHOR: Harper Lee
ISBN: 0446310786
Plot Summary: The classic story of growing up in the American Deep South in the 1930's. In it, a lawyer must defend a black man accused of raping a white woman, while single-handedly raising two young children.
Complaints: Sexual themes, offensive language, racial themes
Considered "dangerous" because of profanity and undermining of race relations. Challenged (temporaily banned) in Eden Valley, Minnesota, 1977; Vernon-Verona-Sherill, New York, School District, 1980; Warren, Indiana, township schools, 1981; Waukegan, Illinois, School District, 1984; Kansas City, Missouri, junior high schools, 1985; Park Hill (Missouri) Junior High School, 1985. Protested by black parents and NAACP in Casa Grande (Arizona) Elementary School District, 1985.
Solonor Says Ban It Because: I can't come up with a even a sarcastic reason to ban this book. How could anyone be so insane as to think that this book--which is about mob rule and racial stereotypes and hatred--teaches kids racism or shouldn't be taught because they might be made "uncomfortable". Of course, they should be made uncomfortable by those things! Good grief, people, have a clue.
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