Banned Books Back in School Libraries--Sort Of

Hey, guess what kids? Banned Books Week starts on Saturday, and the fine, upstanding citizens of Republic, Missourah, are all ready to celebrate. In June, you may recall, Republic's school board banned two books from the school library: Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut's classic account of the firebombing of Dresden during World War II, and Twenty Boy Summer, Sarah Ockler's not-quite-classic but still touching story of a girl trying to recover from the death of her boyfriend.