censorship

A four volume set containing alphabetically arranged entries which provide information on every aspect of censorship, including its history, it use in different eras, its influence on world society, literature, and art, and the different forms it takes.

The Thanksgiving play Claudia and her drama class write for the third graders add some twists to the traditional story. Now some of the parents and teachers tell them to change their story or stop production of the play.

Thursday Next, a Special Operative in literary detection in a time-altered Great Britain in which messing with the classics is a punishable offense, sets out to apprehend a criminal who is murdering characters from works of literature and has chosen Jane Eyre as his next victim.

Examines the history of censorship; reviews some of the most significant U.S. legislation relating to freedom of expression; provides brief biographical information on important figures in the field; and includes a chronology, information on how to research the topic, an annotated bibliography, and a list of censorship organizations.

Provides practical advice, guidelines, and tools for managing censorship conflicts.

Iku is witness to a disturbance during a Board of Education speech on protecting children from the danger of books. The perpetrators are two young boys protesting the banning of their favorite books. But while Iku wants to reach out to the next generation of book lovers, Dojo insists that they can't play favorites. Will Dojo's prickly insistence on sticking to the rules ruin their budding friendship?.

Contains profiles of fifty men and women who have been engaged in struggles to oppose or support restrictions on freedom of speech in the United States. Includes a copy of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and a selection of related documents.

Fourteen-year-old Harper, an avid reader of fantasy who must hide her books from her fundamentalist parents, comes to realize that their public promotion of censorship threatens her freedom to make her own choices.