Rainbow Boys, Coming of the Creeper, Part 5

April 19, 2019 by Banned Library in YA Book

Kyle gives Jason a lift and Nelson gets super creepy on Kyle before they go to grandma's house.

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Rainbow Boys, Meeting the Problem, Part 4

April 18, 2019 by Banned Library in YA Book

Nelson and Kyle almost fight some dudes and are starting a club while Kyle is struggling to come out to his parents.

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April 17, 2019 by Banned Library in YA Book

Nelson and Kyle run into a bump in the rain and Jason gets even more confused about his relationship with Debra.

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April 16, 2019 by Banned Library in YA Book

Jason runs from a meeting, Kyle tries to talk to Jason, and Nelson is kinda a scorned bully.

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April 15, 2019 by Banned Library in YA Book

A brief cover of the author and the banned book leads us to Jason meeting Kyle and Nelson at a meeting.

Banned

#48 on Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009
2004 - Texas - Along with fifteen other books with gay-positive themes this book was challenged in the Montgomery County Memorial Library System by Library Patrons of Texas using language similar to language of the website Parents Against Bad Books in Schools based out of Fairfax County, Virginia.
2005 - Arkansas - Along with fifty other books, a challenge at the Fayetteville High School library cited this book and others were too sexually explicit and promoted homosexuality
2006 - New York - After receiving complaints from parents about explicit sexual content, the book was removed from Webster Central School District high school summer reading list yet reinstated a year later after officials reviewed the selection process.

ALA. "Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009." Retrieved on 17 Aug 19 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.

Sanchez, Alex. Rainbow Boys. Simon Pulse. New York, 2003.

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