Complete quote: "In Leander, students are currently allowed to check out my book from the school library, but it is banned from use in classroom libraries and the school book clubs." That's a pretty narrow ban.
Also "And just last week, Keller ISD, north of Fort Worth, restricted access to Out of Darkness in all high school libraries, citing the book’s “violence and difficult imagery.” Students in the district must ask a librarian for the book and show proof of parental consent. " - Meaning it's still available from the library, but parents have to give consent. Also well short of a ban.
Look - I'm very liberal in my beliefs about speech. If it was my school it would be treated like any other book. But we have to accept that different people in different places will have different values and educational priorities and standards. It is not completely unreasonable to put guards around the material we expose our kids to, especially in middle school. Would you feel differently if this book were about other topics you might feel are sensitive? What about guns, Nazism, Marxism, lizard-people, etc?
Sure but it's still a world away from "This author is suggesting that because HER book, in particular, wasn't chosen by this particular school, that she is somehow aggrieved" which was your original claim.
> Meaning it's still available from the library, but parents have to give consent
Yes, like I said, "restricted". But again miles from "wasn't chosen".
> It is not completely unreasonable to put guards around the material we expose our kids to
Indeed not and if this particular book were being argued about in good faith, I'd have zero problem with it being taken out of schools. Choosing particularly salacious out of context quotes and mischaracterising it is 100% not "good faith" though.
Also "And just last week, Keller ISD, north of Fort Worth, restricted access to Out of Darkness in all high school libraries, citing the book’s “violence and difficult imagery.” Students in the district must ask a librarian for the book and show proof of parental consent. " - Meaning it's still available from the library, but parents have to give consent. Also well short of a ban.
Look - I'm very liberal in my beliefs about speech. If it was my school it would be treated like any other book. But we have to accept that different people in different places will have different values and educational priorities and standards. It is not completely unreasonable to put guards around the material we expose our kids to, especially in middle school. Would you feel differently if this book were about other topics you might feel are sensitive? What about guns, Nazism, Marxism, lizard-people, etc?