The Baby-Sitters Club #8: Boy-Crazy Stacey | 
so-so(1987) I've never read a BSC book, figured it wasn't my thing, but I saw this one in PEN America's list of book bans and picked it up out of curiosity. Per PEN, it was banned from libraries in Missouri's Fox C-6 School District. The reason for the ban is unclear to me -- maybe it's because a 13- year old girl talks about her "skimpy" bikini? I notice someone has strategically placed a sticker on the cover of my library's copy...
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Smrloomis Huh, sometimes book bans are so hard to figure out. I personally find the BSC stuff to be so…bland. Just meh. 1y
swynn @Smrloomis Yeah, my take on SBC is about the same. No shade intended: I'm not in the target audience. It's the ban that has me fascinated. Because as book bans go, this is one of the more puzzling ones. 1y
mandarchy I have the graphic novel in my library (K-5). A teacher has asked me to stop checking it out because there's an image of people kissing. I just bob my head and smile. Like kids haven't seen that! But romance is rare in primary/middle grade lit. 1y
swynn @mandarchy " ... because there's an image of people kissing." smh. I guess keeping that out of library books will postpone middle schoolers' curiosity about kissing? I am the opposite of a child development specialist, but I'm pretty confident that's not how it works. Kudos to you for working the front lines in that battle. 1y
mandarchy @swynn yes. I find it hard to believe that book banners never kiss in front of their kids. Or didn't start kissing or crushing for a kiss in grade school. 1y
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