His Dark Materials second most challenged book in 2008
Posted on April 19, 2009 by Kinders

The Guardian reports that the His Dark Materials trilogy was the second ‘most challenged’ book in 2008 (up from fourth the previous year) according to the American Library Association. Deborah Caldwell-Stone, deputy director of the ALA’s office for intellectual freedom, said the film of The Golden Compass had renewed attacks on the sequence from Catholic pressure groups. “In many cases school boards reacted precipitously and removed it – then a few weeks later they returned it to the shelves.” Thanks to BlackSatinDancer for the tip.

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Amateur comic strip artist, photographer and musician; wannabe author and film director; actual web 2.0 nerd and social butterfly. I've been visiting Bridge to the Stars and its forum, the Republic of Heaven, on and off since 2003, when I began making a short documentary about the His Dark Materials trilogy.
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One Response to His Dark Materials second most challenged book in 2008

  1. Serafina_tikklya says:
    April 21, 2009 at 00:54

    So ridiculous! It’s a parent’s responsibility to monitor their child(ren)’s reading materials, not a school or a library!