Fat Kid Rules the World by KL Going
A fat kid gets introduced into the punk rock life by a manic junkie dream dude and we all learn a lesson about being aware of all the life around us.
Banned
#58 on Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009
2007
Illinois - Challenged as a suggested summer reading at Alsip Prairie Junior High for being "laced with profanity and other mature content." The district superinendent planned to retain the title along with others.
South Carolina - Removed from the Pickens County middle and high school library shelves for "language, the sexual reference, and drug use… not appropriate for middle-school students."
Sources
ALA. "Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009." Retrieved on 17 Aug 01 from http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/top-100-bannedchallenged-books-2000-2009
Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read. ALA. 2014.
Going, K. L. "Fat Kid Rules the World." G. P. Putnam's Sons. New York, 2003.
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