"GRANBURY BOOK CONTROVERSY Posted Friday, October 7, 2005 by countrynews. A Granbury woman says she plans to file a complaint with the school district over the contents of a book in the Acton Middle School library. Carol Sanders feels the book her 13 year old granddaughter read contains pornographic content. The book, 'Detour for Emmy' is about a 15 year old girl that becomes pregnant. Sanders says the descriptions of sexual relationships in the book were explicit and shouldn’t be on the shelves of a middle school library. Sanders intends to file a complaint with the Granbury School District. It will be up to the district's book committee to decide if the book should be removed from the school library."
The book can be explored here. Most of the comments left by readers at Amazon.com speak of the book containing valuable lessons about the hardship of teenage pregnancy.
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10.08.2005
Just Ignore Problems And They Will All Go Away
"GRANBURY BOOK CONTROVERSY Posted Friday, October 7, 2005 by countrynews. A Granbury woman says she plans to file a complaint with the school district over the contents of a book in the Acton Middle School library. Carol Sanders feels the book her 13 year old granddaughter read contains pornographic content. The book, 'Detour for Emmy' is about a 15 year old girl that becomes pregnant. Sanders says the descriptions of sexual relationships in the book were explicit and shouldn’t be on the shelves of a middle school library. Sanders intends to file a complaint with the Granbury School District. It will be up to the district's book committee to decide if the book should be removed from the school library."
The book can be explored here. Most of the comments left by readers at Amazon.com speak of the book containing valuable lessons about the hardship of teenage pregnancy.
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This mom is to be commended for at least checking into the contents of what her child is reading. I always appreciate alert parents, though this thirteen year old probably is quite knowledgeable about things sexual - at least in theory.
Sounds like another mess for that local school board.
I think the mother should probably home school if she doesn't like what is in the public schools. That way, she can completely isolate the girl and keep her away from all the things in the world that she might not approve of. That way when she is an adult, she will be totally ill equipped to deal with the real world.
well i am glad to see a parent who is involved in what thier child is reading and watching and i commend them for this however if this book helps prevent a youg teen from becoming pregnant than why are we fussing about it most youg boys and girls have no ideas about sex so they turn to other sources to find about what sex is like and are probably told that sex is a great thing and never told about the down side to having sex at least this book tells about both sides of the fence which is a great thing but i again must say thank god atleast this young girls parents are watching over here great job mom and pops
condi - you make good points about the home school situation, however, in dealing with many of these parents, it is like the parents of public schoolers too - it just depends upon whether those parents are knowledgeable about inquisitive children on sexual matters. Many home school parents are highly educated and responsible in teaching their children such things.
Though I think it is best for parents to handle this issue, thank goodness for the public schools to help kids whose parents cannot or will not talk to their kids about sex.
People - Don't you read? The complainer is not the parent - it is the GRANDMOTHER. Maybe not, but I'll bet that the mother dumped the kid on granny because she was out having babies out of wedlock.
As for the book - is it REQUIRED reading? I suspect it is not. If granny doesn't want her grandchild reading it, ask the librarian to restrict this girl's reading - but don't exclude it for all the kids who really need this information.
Anon#3....you are correct....I believe so firmly that sex ed ought to be taught at home by the parents! But guess what? It's not! I'm constantly amazed at the misinformation kids have about sex. My last child moved out for college this past Fall and I was constantly answering questions from her friends because they couldn't talk to their parents. I would love it if the school didn't have to have such books...but for many that might be their only source of information....sad!
It may come as a shock to some in Wise Co., but teens do have sex! Link to the Amazon reviews of this book and its companion book from a boy's point of view about when pregnancy occurs. Both books apparently try to depict the various problems accompanying a teen pregnancy.
Please explain when factual information about the real world is likely to “harm” our children. These books provide a window into what can happen and thereby better prepares the kids for what they are likely to encounter. At least they have to be able to read. And probably get better info that they receive from their teen buddies.
Back when books and sex education was not available or taught in public schools, kids knew more about the distance from the earth to the moon than the distance from their belly buttons to their genitals!
Ignorance is not bless! Many girls get pregant because they have no knowledge to prevent it.
They don't know what it is really like to be a mother at 15! When they have a baby, there childhood is over and it wasn't worth having sex just to be popular with the boys.
The book should stay in the school library! Censorhip is not the answer.
Kids need the knowledge to know how to protect themselves, how to make the right decisions for their lives. Learning how hard it was for another 15 year old who got pregant is the best way to keep from making the same mistake.
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