Why is the sisterhood of the traveling pants banned

It is a mature subject, but I think readers will find that her resulting pregnancy scare in no way glorifies sex. The irritating part of this story is that the library actually has a policy in place that allows parents to restrict what books their own children can access. She could have prevented her child from checking out the Sisterhood books and that would have been the end of story. Wentworth has also challenged Get Well Soon by Julie Halpern, which is about a teenage girl who ends up in a psychiatric hospital because of her struggle with depression.

The committee will meet and hear comments about that book on June 14, Source: The Reporter. These become the Traveling Pants for their magical qualities. Throughout the summer, each girl wears the pants for two weeks and then sends them on to another girl. The novel goes back and forth among the four girls documenting their summer and their time with the pants.

It is the first of a series that I have seen many teen girls reading. It was also made into a movie. They are supportive of each other and do not put each other down. Each girl has a crisis while wearing the pants, but the others are supportive. Tibby's crisis is especially heart-rending as she meets, and spends time with, a younger girl who is dying of leukemia.

I think that the sexuality in Bridget's story is probably the reason for the banning of this book. However, I found it to be a strength of the book because it was not graphic, and the author dealt extremely well with Bridget's emotions and her feelings of loss and regret. I thought it would really open the door to an honest discussion with a teenage girl about sexuality.

I also liked how the author moved between stories so you were kept in touch with all four girls over the summer. She spent the summer in Greece with her grandparents and feel in love with a local boy. Through a misunderstanding, her grandparents thought the boy had assaulted her. I felt this part was a bit contrived and didn't match with the strength these girls displayed throughout the book. Overall, I'd give this book four stars. I would absolutely allow my daughter to read it when she's a teen.

I think there's a lot of positive messages in this about the value of girls' friendships. At Thursday's meeting, one thirteen-year old said of One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies , "It's really what happens in school, making fun of and problems and issues. It's really what happens in school, it's life. And really, efforts to ban books from school libraries have come to seem almost depressingly quaint. I wish kids were sneaking into the library, of all places, to get their hands on edgy shit that would freak their parents out.

The reality is that kids can get shocking material much more easily on the Internet, and books are so uncool in comparison with, I suppose, a few vampiric exceptions that parents who think the printed word will destroy their children's innocence are looking in the wrong place.

Banning books in feels like banning Brussels sprouts — which, come to think of it, may be a good idea. I hope Wentworth's objections are actually a master plan of reverse psychology — but I fear they're just a misguided attempt to control her kids' brains. The next generation of bubbly Save time, money, and ultimately help save the planet by forgoing your La Croix.