Monday, June 8, 2009

Baby Be-Bop Causes a Stir


Baby Be-Bop (a prequel to the popular Weetzie Bat Series) has sparked a fierce battle in West Bend, Wisconsin. After four months of protest and counter-protest, the library board unanimously decided to maintain their young adult collection as. Is that the end of the story? Well not quite. Four board members have not been re-appointed, a Christian group has applied for a permit to publicly burn copies of the book and four elderly Wisconsin residents are suing the city for $120,000 for the emotional damage having the book at the library has caused. Read all about it...
--RL

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