The letter points out that “banning the book may well violate the First Amendment rights of those parents and their children who do not find the book objectionable and would choose to read it if offered the opportunity,” and warns that removing a book like Looking For Alaska in response to an individual’s objection “means privileging the moral or religious beliefs of some families over others. The letter cites Supreme Court decisions that bar government officials, including public school administrators, from prohibiting materials because some may find them “offensive or disagreeable.” In this case, however, “we are pleased that the district has committed to following its complaint and review policies, because this process is more likely to yield results that are consistent with educational and First Amendment principles.” “From the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes, award-winning books of interest to young people are regularly under attack in this country” said NCAC Executive Director Joan Bertin. In a letter to the Waukesha superintendent and school board ( read online), KRRP explains that the parent who requested the ban “is, of course, entitled to her opinion about the book however, her opinion does not provide adequate grounds to justify the book’s removal,” especially since this is a book that “has substantial educational and literary value for high school students, meets the district’s criteria for educational material, and should be retained.” You might not weep buckets like most people did at the end of The Fault in Our Stars, but you'll get attached to Miles and Alaska, just as they do to each other.NEW YORK, NY - Kids’ Right to Read Project and other organizations have expressed concern about a request for a district-wide ban on John Green’s award-winning novel Looking For Alaska in Waukesha, Wisconsin schools. Why I prefer John Green's debut novel to his other ones is because he's made no effort to make it an appropriate and proper book. How the characters communicate, their relationships with each other, their pasts and the pleasure that comes with being a bad kid shine through the pages. It showcases what young love and growing up really are in a brutal and honest light. The beauty of the book is that it doesn't hide anything.

There are also essential parts of teenage life thrown in casually and skillfully to the story, such as pranks, bets and disastrous parties. He's introduced by his roommates to beautiful, mysterious and emotionally confused Alaska Young, and the story progresses, mostly centered around Miles' life at Culver Creek and his growing attachment to Alaska. Miles Halter or 'Pudge' as he is referred to throughout the book, is the protagonist, and the book starts with Miles leaving Florida to attend a school in Alabama.

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