- Goldberg, B. (2007). Newbery-Winner's "Scrotum" Reference Raises Ruckus. American Libraries, 38(4), p. 16.
- Nelson, S. (2007). Lacking Cojones. Publishers Weekly, 254(8), p. 3.
- Patron, S. (2006). The Higher Power of Lucky. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
- Simpson, C. (2007). What Are We Thinking? Library Media Connection, 26(2), p. 6.
- Whelan, D. (2007). Hitting Below the Belt? School Library Journal, 53(3), p. 16.
- With One Word, Children's Book Sets Off Uproar. New York Times (2007, February 18). Retreived October 3, 2010, from http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/18/books/18newb.html
- Year in Review: Top 10 Library Stories of 2007. (2007). American Libraries, 38(11), p. 44-9.
School library media specialists around the country deemed the Newbery Medal winning book The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron unsuitable for their students because of one word. Read on to find out the whos, whens, whys and hows in this case of censorship.
Higher Power of (Un)Lucky
Saturday, October 23, 2010
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If you would like to read more about Higher Power of Lucky, Susan Patron, and/or the controversy that surrounded this book, check out the following articles (which I used to write this blog):
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