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Title: CONTEMPORARYAND CONTROVERSIAL


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CONTEMPORARYAND CONTROVERSIAL
  • Marianne F. Bates
  • INST 6020

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CONTEMPORARY OR REALISTIC FICTION
  • Set in the here and now
  • Contains characters who solve true to life
    problems
  • Could actually happen

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  • Good contemporary realistic fiction
  • Illuminates life
  • Presents social and personal concerns in a fully
    human context
  • Portrays the real world in all its dimensions
  • Shows the humorous, the sensitive, the
    thoughtful, the joyful, and the painful sides of
    life
  • -Elizabeth G. Miller

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Top Reasons Books are Banned
  • Offensive sexuality
  • Objectionable language
  • Religious content
  • Writings about or by homosexuals
  • Works not sensitive to multicultural and gender
    differences
  • Science fiction
  • --Elizabeth G. Miller

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Smoky Nightby Eve Bunting
  • The bookleaves out so much of the
    history of the riots, that they seem unfounded
    and decontexualized. Bunting's portrayal of this
    event is shallow and borders on racistThis book
    is an example of how beautiful illustrations can
    lead to a Caldecott seal and the book can still
    have an awful story.

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Silent to the Boneby E. L. Konigsburg
  • Although this book is supposedly a
    children's book, the 13 year old boy is sexually
    involved with a 20 year old girl. Descriptions
    of him "accidentally" walking in on her in the
    bathtub are described. It describes her having
    sex with her boyfriend.
  • The author of this book should be ashamed.
    This book doesn't belong in any child (or adults)
    hands.

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Dreamlandby Sarah Dessen
  • This book is a clear window into abusive
    relationships,. but if you are just looking for
    a good read.... Let's just say that if you like
    depressing books about drugs and abusive
    boyfriends, you might like this story. If you
    don't fall into those categories, stay clear of
    this book.

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Looking For Alaskaby John Green
  • In Green's world, substance abuse sometimes
    has serious consequences, but sex has no price
    tag. No doubt fifteen year olds will eat this
    stuff up. It is the ideal reinforcement for the
    normal follies of adolescence. Green pushes all
    the right buttons for teenage readers. But is
    this kind of pandering the best we can offer?

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Why Realistic Fiction?
  • If you have read a hundred books, you have
    lived a hundred lives.
  • -Anonymous

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Bibliography
  • Bunting, Eve. Smoky Night.
  • Dessen, Sarah. Dreamland.
  • Green, John. Looking For Alaska.
  • Konigsburg, E.L. Silent To the Bone.
  • Miller, Elizabeth B. Reading List for LIS
  • 556-02. Availablehttp//www.libsci.sc.edu/m
    iller/Readlist.htm
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