AUTHOR: Nancy Garden
ISBN: 0374404143
Plot Summary: Two 17-year-old girls meet and fall in love.
Complaints: Sexual themes
During a court trial in Oregon, school board members testified they believed their opinions about "Annie" and homosexuality were representative of people in the district. They said they believed they had a mandate to ban the book. The school board president testified that homosexuality is a mental disorder that leads to a destructive life.
Solonor Says Ban It Because: We don't need more mentally diseased people running around schools. We have the school board for that.
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Judge rules book should return to high school library shelves