Have Your Say

They said that the most important and effective way to safeguard a book against a challenge is to be very prepared. Being prepared includes working with the principal, librarian, other teachers, and administrators in order to create effective rationales for various books. Also, knowing the challenge and censorship process very well will help a teacher to know their rights. They also discuss reasons why a book is most likely to be challenged, as well as giving reasons that some students themselves have issues with books. They discuss how to best choose adolescent literature for the classroom. The gap is in regard to the exact process for how to defend a book, beyond just writing a rationale. I will talk to a number of teachers who have experienced book challenges in order to find out what the process was like for them, what they felt they did right, and what they would change if another challenge came up.