School Library Journal» Perks of Being a Wallflower http://www.slj.com The world's largest reviewer of books, multimedia, and technology for children and teens Thu, 19 Sep 2013 01:52:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’ Restored to IL Classrooms http://www.slj.com/2013/06/books-media/the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower-restored-to-il-classrooms/ http://www.slj.com/2013/06/books-media/the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower-restored-to-il-classrooms/#comments Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:44:02 +0000 SLJ http://www.slj.com/?p=48673 The Perks of Being a Wallflower is being restored to eighth-grade classrooms in Glen Ellyn District 41, a suburb of Chicago, following a recent challenge over concerns about the book’s sexual content and explicit language.]]> perks2 The Perks of Being a Wallflower Restored to IL ClassroomsSteven Chbosky’s epistolary coming-of-age tale The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Pocket Books, 1999) is being restored to eighth-grade classrooms in Glen Ellyn District 41, a suburb of Chicago, following a recent challenge over concerns about the book’s sexual content and explicit language. According to the Daily Herald, the school board voted 6 to 1 this week to overturn a previous board’s decision to remove copies of the book.

The new school board came to its decision after district administrators pledged to send a revised notification letter to parents at the start of each school year, warning that students may sometimes have access to mature content in their classroom libraries, the Daily Herald reports.

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