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The Thing Around Your Neck

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by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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What was your favourite story from the collection? Mine is "Tomorrow is Too Far".
Yolande The Headstrong Historian and (if I'm allowed a second) The Thing Around Your Neck…moreThe Headstrong Historian and (if I'm allowed a second) The Thing Around Your Neck(less)
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Is this an appropriate collection to assign to sophomores in high school? Ours is a very conservative school.
Ashley I went to a small Christian school and think there are certainly good exerpts of the book that could be shared. I would have personally enjoyed it at …moreI went to a small Christian school and think there are certainly good exerpts of the book that could be shared. I would have personally enjoyed it at that age, in its entirety. However, enough of it is sexual enough that you'd want to either ensure permission from parents or omit those chapters to avoid causing an uproar, especially since not every child talks openly with their parents. That is, if your school is anything like mine was, in terms of its strong Christian conservativism. (less)
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