Should particular text be removed and banned from our classroom or school library? The appropriate audience for the book “Pretty Little Liars” by Sara Shepard is 7th, 8th and older grades because the content is more mature. In the book, “Pretty Little Liars” by Sara Shepard some things may seem objectionable because of inappropriate content and bad influences. In the article “Darkness Too Visible” by Meghan Cox Gurdon some reading material can be very graphic and inappropriate for young children. In both of my sources they show that books that have strong material should be read but only by older kids.
. In the book, “Pretty Little Liars” by Sara Shepard some things may seem objectionable because of inappropriate content and bad influences. One example is peer-pressure on page 12, “Ali asked, ’Emily you want to do it right?’ ‘Um…Emily’s voice quivered, well…’” Another example would be having a sexual relationship with an older boy on page 186, “Spencer grabbed fistfuls of his worn T-shirt in her hand and pulled it over his head… They rolled over and now Spencer was on top of him (Her sister’s boyfriend).” In addition on page 70 underage drinking occurred, “Emily tilted her head and stared at the old iron railroad bridge above them. Trains didn’t use the bridge anymore, so now it was a place for kids to go and get drunk without their parents knowing.”
In the article “Darkness Too Visible” by Meghan Cox Gurdon some reading material can be very graphic and inappropriate for young children. One example would be on page 2 from the book “Rage” by Jackie Morse Kessler, “’She had sliced her arm into ribbons, but the badness remained, staining her insides like cancer. She had gouged her belly until it was a mess of meat and blood, but she still couldn’t breathe.’” Another example on page 2 from the book “The Marbury Lens” by Andrew Smith, “ He finds himself facing a wall of horrors,’ covered with impaled heads and other dripping, black-rot body parts: hands, hearts, feet, ears, penises. Where the f*** was this?’” In addition on page 2 from the book “Go Ask Alice” by Robin S. Wagner, “A girl’s spiral into drug addiction, rape, prostitution and a fatal overdose.”
In both of my sources they show that books have strong material and should be read only by older kids, but some parents believe this kind of stuff is too inappropriate. One example in the book “Pretty Little Liars” on page 65-66, “Aria’s Mouth instantly went dry. Standing in front of the class was Ezra from the bar… Standing at the blackboard and writing... Mr. Fitz, AP English. He stared at her, his face draining of color, ’Holy Shit’” Another Example In the article on page 4 from the book “Shine” by Lauren Myracle, “A 16-year-old girl and once a close friend of the victim, is herself yet to recover from s sexual assault in eighth grade; assorted locals, meanwhile, reveal themselves to be in the grip of homophobia, booze and crystal meth.” In addition in the book “Pretty Little Liars” on page 186, “Hanna took the drink out of Sean’s hands and grabbed his sweet square jaw and started to kiss him.”
Should particular text be removed and banned from our classroom or school library? The appropriate audience for the book “Pretty Little Liars” by Sara Shepard is 7th, 8th and older grades because the content is more mature. In the book, “Pretty Little Liars” by Sara Shepard there are some parts that have inappropriate content and bad influences. In the article “Darkness Too Visible” by Meghan Cox Gurdon books can be very inappropriate or graphic for young children. In both of my sources they show books that have strong material that should be read only by older kids.
