Censorship makes its way to Teen Lit Festival
Aug
18
2010
The annual Teen Lit Fest in Humble, TX will have 5 less authors this year. According to Publishers Weekly, author Ellen Hopkins had her invitation revoked after a librarian and a few parents protested her books to the superintendent and school board:
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