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Miaka-chan, can you split the posts to 'Long words'? Thanks

Yup! I did!

Thanks!!!

Anyway...I was reading this book, called Back Home. It has a lot of slang in it, mostly used by Rusty. Has anyone read it? It's by Michelle Magorian

I'll post it on book rewiews section in the forum *flies away to book review section*

LOL

I don't know what you look like either!

OH MY GOODNESS!
I'm going to be reading Of mice and men next month! :O
It's part of my english class!

cool! I cant wait to read it!
Have you ever read To Kill a Mockingbird?

What is it about???

LOL

It *is* a classic, ae??? It also has a controversy. It's in Wikipedia here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Kill_a_Mockingbird#Controversy

What was the controversy????

Eh, I think it was that there were people who thought it was too extreme, and that there were some people who started having really radical thoughts. (Some making their own deathnotes, etc.)
And, yes, To Kill a Mockingbird is really controversial. It really talks about the racial barrier, and how bad it is for the community. But, it is a great book!!

Wow...And apparently, Bridge to Terabithia [sp?] had been banned in some countries as well.

In my old class, we read a book which is about banning Huckleberry Finn in the school library...I forgot the title...but I'll edit this post as soon as I can find out!

Huckleberry Finn or Bridge of Terabithia[sp?]

Here's the link of the controversial books

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_controversial_books

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_commonly_challenged_books_in_the_U.S.

hopefully, they can give you an explanation as to why =]

Often, these books address matters that teachers or parents dont want their kids exposed to.
Cursing is often why books get banned. But also, things that are seen as taboo are also banned.
Harry potter was banned in many places because it is seen as against the catholic church. The same with the golden compass.
Many books and movies are banned or put with a higher age limit (13 and up, rated R, etc.) when addressing homosexuality.

I've never read it. @.@ I always tell myself that I want to... but I have a list of books ahead of it, and in the end, I forget. T____T

One of my friends is Catholic, and her sister goes to Sunday school.... she told me that her sister brought home a flyer from sunday school asking parents to keep their children from watching the Golden Compass movie, because it was against the church.... is that true?