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is an excellent book, but I don't believe it was written for a sixth grade audience. Therefore, to have that level of book be made required reading of sixth graders is developmentally inappropriate. No different than having all grade level students read any book above their reading/comprehension level. I'm not sure why this wasn't the route taken by the educators once concern was voiced. I don't think it needed to escalate to the level of book banning, which seems very drastic and, in my opinion, is never a good solution.
That being said, I don't recall the book being sexually explicit at all. I do recall a very emotional ending that affected me for several days. Not sure if a sixth grader could handle that level of emotion. But book banning? I don't think so. Some teacher training on differentiated instruction and book selection? Yes.
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