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Q. What book that hasn't been turned into a movie (yet) would you most like to see make it to the big screen, and who would you like cast as your favorite character?

I loved this book from page one. It needs to be a movie. I won't go as far as to say who should play in the roles, but I can tell you the amazing Eban Schletter should do the soundtrack. His work with on  The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was cinematic and kept you right in the thick of the suspense.

http://crazy-for-books.com/2011/09/book-blogger-hop-930-103.html

“In honor of Banned Books Week, what is your favorite “banned or frequently challenged book?"

Frank, Anne

Anne Frank: The Diary 

of a Young Girl

Doubleday

Challenged at the Culpeper County, Va. public 

schools (2010) by a parent requesting that her 

daughter not be required to read the book aloud. 

Initially, it was reported that officials decided to 

stop assigning a version of Anne Frank’s diary, 

one of the most enduring symbols of the atrocities 

of the Nazi regime, due to the complaint that the 

book includes sexual material and homosexual 

themes. The director of instruction announced 

the edition published on the fiftieth anniversary 

of Frank’s death in a concentration camp will not 

be used in the future despite the fact the school 

system did not follow its own policy for handling 

complaints. The remarks set off a hailstorm of 

criticism online and brought international attention 

to the 7,600-student school system in rural Virginia. 

The superintendent said, however, that the book 

will remain a part of English classes, although it 

may be taught at a different grade level. 

Source: Mar. 2010, pp. 57−58; May 2010, p. 107.

I have never agreed with censorship. There are life lessons and just outright history lessons in this book that should not be taken from the shelves. Ever. Anne lived through some horrible things and we need to remember that so it never happens again.

To check out a complete list of banned books for 2011, check out:

http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/free_downloads/2011banned.pdf

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