AUTHOR: Mark Twain
ISBN: 1566194792
Plot Summary: Mark Twain's first novel is about a boy growing up on the banks of the Mississippi.
Complaints: Offensive language, racism
Removed from the seventh-grade curriculum in the West Chester, Pa. schools (1994) after parents complained that it is too full of racially charged language.
Solonor Says Ban It Because: It promotes wild thoughts in kids. I mean, we're supposed to be the ones using reverse psychology, and here's Tom convincing all the other kids to do his work for him! If I tried that at work...I...um...hold on a sec...
Links:
The Internet Wiretap First Electronic Edition of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer