[LM_NET] Middle School Forever by Judy Blume

[Linda Rogde <greenquilt2003@YAHOO.COM>]

I checked the Archives & this book hasn't been discussed in a couple of years. My 
library is for 6-12 grades and we have this book. We have a Christian 
non-demominational school--and we have other materials that are probably considered 
"edgy". 
   
  The issue at the moment is that for an 8th grade book project, a student selected 
this book (as Teen Fiction genre) & presented a booktalk before her 
classmates--tastefully apparently. Also all the 8th grades gave a book fair & spoke 
about their books to a larger group - 6 & 7th graders---again tastefully. However, 
a couple of parents & one 7th grade teacher have expressed concern about this book.
   
  I'm busily reading it at the moment in prep for a challenge, crossing my fingers 
that doesn't happen. (In 11 years at this library, we have never had a challenge.) 
I confess I hadn't read it previously but thought "how bad could it be" if it was 
written in 1975? 
   
  Any way, as I'm not at a U.S. school and somewhat how of what's going on there, 
my question is: Do MS libraries generally have this book in their collections now?  
Does it continue to be controversial in this day & age?
   
  I'll post a Hit with responses.
   
  Linda Rogde
  MS Librarian
  Seoul Foreign School
  Seoul, S. Korea
  greenquilt2003@yahoo.com


Linda Rogde
Librarian
Seoul Foreign School
Seoul, S. Korea
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