Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park

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Mick Harte Was Here
By Barbara Park

A young lady talks about her dead brother and we talk about death and FUN. It's pretty dark.

Banned 

1998 - South Carolina - Challenged but retained at Liberty Middle School Library in Seneca after a grandmother complained.

2004 - North Dakota - Challenged, but retained at the Centennial Elementary School library in Fargo after parents complained to school officials that the book contains themes and language inappropriate for elementary students.

Held at Cabell County Public Library

Sources

Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging our freedom to read. 2014.

Marshall University 

Bismark Tribune

"Dances and Dames"

Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Junie B Jones and The Stupid Smelly Bus by Barbara Park 10

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Some talk about bears and read the best banned book ever.

Banned

ALA Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009

1998 - New Jersey - Challenged but retained at Harmony Township school after a parent complained that the book teaches extreme negative emotions (hate) are okay and that the book never resolves the issues it raises or gives ways to handle negative emotions.

Sources

Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging our freedom to read. 2014.

"Dances and Dames"

Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/