![]() ![]() As the reconsideration committee writes, “the quality of writing is outstanding and motivating to reluctant readers.” It might not be enough if Glass was merely a fear-mongering, basic cautionary tale, but because its free-verse style is interesting and its characters are realistic and empathetic, it contributes to a young reader’s understanding of literature while delivering its message. It is also important that, despite its controversial material, Hopkins’s work has literary value that redeems it. Karin Perry and Ellen Hopkins were also sure to bring up the potential impact Glass can have on preventing a student reader from being involved in drugs or unsafe sex after all, the lifestyle portrayed in these verse novels is far from glamorous. ![]() ![]() The Norman Public Schools reconsideration committee’s results echo this sentiment, saying “the powerful message on teen drug addiction far outweighs the concern about the sexual content.” “Reading books with these topics allows students to experience these things from the safety of a book,” Karin Perry says. ![]() If it is true, as education scholar Belinda Louie suggests, that parents object to texts with undesirable worldviews, it is also, thankfully, the recognized importance of those worldviews that can save a text from censorship. ![]()
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