A concerned father of one of the students of George Mason Senior High School objects to one of the school books and demands it be excluded from reading lists and from the school library because of racist content. The headmaster, trying to avoid trouble, wants the book to be removed silently, but the school librarian and a history teacher strongly oppose and insist on keeping the book unless an independent jury decides otherwise. So the book is being put on trial... The book, by the way, is Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn! A bunch of utopic nonsense, you say? Better think again. Although the story is fictional, it reflects common practice at schools throughout the USA, and Huckleberry Finn indeed holds a #5 rank in the list of the most challenged books of the recent years.

"Did you always want to be a librarian?" Barney asked.
"Just about always. I mean, where else can you be surrounded by friends who never die? I guess that sounds funny."

Coming along to the Aachen picknick - in case anyone fancies English books.

the trigger was 'arrest the book' - now the book is waiting to be read...

Interesting book, interesting topic. I cannot understand how people can discuss about banning books from school libraries.
And that they really do it.

2022, Adventskalender, Türchen Nr. 5
Ich wünsche gute Unterhaltung!

Many thanks for this interesting book!
I often wonder, how easily people are prepared to ban books, books they even haven't read themselves, as the campaign against Harry Potter Books in school libraries clearly shows...
And many thanks for the chocolates, the bc-goodies, and the nice card!