false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178950322m/859385.jpg 859385 11 Who would have believed that <i>The Adventure of  Huckleberry Finn</i> could cause the worst crisis in the  history of George Mason High School? Certainly not  Barney Roth, editor of the school paper. But when  a small but vocal group of students and parents  decide that the book is racist, sexist, and  immoral--and should be removed from reading lists and the  school library--Barney takes matters into his own  hands.<br><br><br><br>When the Huck Finn issue  comes up for a hearing, Barney decides to print his  story about previous censorship efforts at school.  He's sure that investigative reporting and  publicity can help the cause. But is he too late to turn  the tide of censorship? 844825 1982 The Day They Came to Arrest the Book total:66|5:11|4:15|3:23|2:16|1:1| 66 217 104 18 4 2 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 10:47:47 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 17:23:00 -0700 2008 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is essentially under trial for what some high school children and parents believe to be “unsuitable and not appropriate for school.” People like Gordon McLean and the rest of the Black community are...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sat Mar 28 08:50:53 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 08:51:13 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 14 07:51:12 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 07:51:46 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jul 27 18:10:03 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 18:10:36 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 11:59:25 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 11:59:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Feb 14 04:48:06 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 04:48:27 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Nov 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 17:17:06 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 13:37:09 -0800 2008 4 1 false false Tue May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 17 15:42:12 -0700 2007 Tue May 06 12:24:27 -0700 2008 Huck Finn. I think this would be very interesting for some of my student who have a hard time seeing...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 17:27:53 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 17:31:05 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Mar 10 13:41:41 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 10 13:43:36 -0700 2008 ]]> 3 0 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Aug 30 10:04:38 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 10:06:05 -0700 2007
The topic is very important and definately needs to be addressed in schools, but the book tries too hard. Simply addresses too many issues and the characters are very one-dimentional.]]> 0 0 false false Sun Mar 23 20:18:23 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 23 20:18:23 -0700 2008
I'm tempted to pick it up again just to see if my perceptions have changed or if it really is the badness I remember...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Mon Jul 07 19:48:33 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 19:48:33 -0700 2008 Huck Finn, for all the wrong reasons.]]> 0 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 11 13:14:52 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 07 11:16:42 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Tue Sep 23 20:33:42 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 20:34:29 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sat Oct 20 19:23:50 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 20 19:24:29 -0700 2007 2 0 false false Sun Jul 27 20:11:49 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 19:20:01 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu Sep 25 10:05:15 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 10:05:15 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Nov 23 10:44:08 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 10:44:08 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Nov 15 11:20:39 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 11:20:39 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=859385