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Article: The Dallas Morning News Jacquielynn Floyd Column: Banning books lets novel ideas get lost.
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- The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX)
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- January 13, 2006
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Jan. 13--If I had an 11-year-old, which I do not, I can't say whether I'd consider When Jeff Comes Home appropriate reading. It would depend on the child. The novel, written for teens, includes some pretty strong themes. It deals with a teenage boy who returns to his family after being held for two years by a sexually abusive kidnapper. I'd want to consider whether my child were emotionally equipped to cope with such a dark storyline. I would not, however, presume to make this decision on behalf of everybody else's child, which is what the Irving school district allowed one parent to do. This week, the school board canceled a hearing that had been called to ...