...interesting nonetheless -- I mean, how could a story about a high school girl running a library of banned books out of her locker* not be an interesting story? Add to that the discussion in the comments about truth vs. fiction and whether or not it matters, whether a hoax (if it is a hoax) could inspire people to Stand Up and Act or whether it detracts from real cases, and you end up with a good fifteen minutes of entertaining thoughtfulness.
And those thoughtful conversations take place in and around a bunch of people fighting about the amateur librarian's choice to not include Twilight in her collection, so there's that, too.
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*Obviously, if it isn't a hoax, the girl is totally my hero.
Huh. Interesting. I would have to give him/her a scepter and a crown if this person was at all real...
Posted by: tanita | 27 May 2009 at 08:33 AM
I'm not sure it is a hoax...This kid seems very smug about it, searching approval by that post (obviously she doesn't really want to know if people think it's wrong, she wants them to congratulate her), which makes it seem like a real teenager to me. It's the last age where that kind of smugness is acceptable and maybe even endearing.
That being said, maybe I just WANT to believe it's not a hoax. Because it's SO cool!
Posted by: Hannah | 27 May 2009 at 08:47 AM
I wonder if the books aren't banned, so much as "the kids parents don't allow them to read them." It sounds like the kids could get them from their local library, but they're maybe afraid their parents will find out - by borrowing from this kid, they know no well-meaning adult will let their parents know of their reading habits.
Whether that's the case or not, if this is true I applaud this kid. It's amazing how popular books become when adults tell kids they can't read them.
Posted by: LG | 27 May 2009 at 09:27 AM
Dang, I hope it's true!
Posted by: Kelly | 28 May 2009 at 03:05 AM