Huh...

[shipperx]

Anyone know what that might be? I don't remember anything particularly explicit in Neverwhere. Some scary bits, but there are scary bits in a LOT of YA fiction. I certainly don't remember anything as scary in Neverwhere as having MAIN CHARACTERS' heads cut off and carried around on other characters belts as happened in the sequel to the Mutiny on the Bounty, as I was required to read (and was traumatized by) in school. And could anything be more depressing than the ending of 1984 (which was also required reading)?

From EW.com:

A New Mexico school district temporarily removed Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere from library shelves after a local mother complained the book — which is required reading at the high school — had mature content. [KASA Fox]

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[typographer.livejournal.com]

I was reading an article someone linked to during Banned Books Week, and I recall a statistic about a significant number of people who challenge books have never read the book they're trying to get banned, and making at least some claim about the reading comprehension skills (though I think that was more anecdotal).

And people decide all sorts of things are too explicit, too liberal, too questioning of authority, et cetera for their children to be exposed to.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Easy to believe that they don't read it or properly digest it. By and large this sort of reaction comes from people who are uncomfortable with new things or different ideas.

The sad thing is, these also tend to be people who say they believe the Bible "literally" and don't read or understand it (or its context) very well either.