Scales, Pat

A handbook for defending challenged young adult books that features profiles with plot summaries, published reviews, information on awards and prizes, and more.

A handbook for defending challenged young adult books that features profiles with plot summaries, published reviews, information on awards and prizes, and more.

Contains scenarios that offer school librarians an overview of the intellectual freedom issues they may face and includes advice on how to handle them and interact with library patrons, covering materials selection, management, programs, access, labeling, privacy, and the Internet.

A discussion guide which explains how teachers can effectively teach twelve banned and challenged books while respecting all views; each discussion gide includes a summary of the novel, a pre-reading activity, and an annotated bibliography of related fiction and nonfiction.