It's no secret that I do not believe in banning books. While I fully appreciate a parent's right to screen their children's reading material I do not agree with one parent (or even a group of parents) blocking an entire school from reading a book. It makes every cell in my body scream in frustration. As a child my reading was not screened. At all. And the worst thing that happened, at least as far as I'm concerned, is that my mild fear of clowns was jacked up to the point where clowns freak me the heck out (thank you Stephen King). I read books with sexual content. I read books with violent content. I read books with homosexual content. I read books that were littered with profanities. Sure, I probably read books that were not for my age group but I don't think it warped me or damaged me in any way. I haven't committed any violent crimes. I don't curse like a sailor (well...most days at least). In fact, I think in the end that I turned out to be a well-rounded, educated, emphatic individual.