![]() ![]() ![]() Had Drama been shelved in the YA section, would it still have come under review? I can’t weigh in much since I’ve not read it yet. This leads me to wonder why Drama was shelved in the Junior (Middle Grade) section at the public libraries. Turns out the grounds of challenge are that it’s “sexually explicit”. Given these circumstances, there’s a whole lot more behind the challenge than I had anticipated. Looking for answers, I turned to Google and found out that Drama by Raina Telgemeier is among the most challenged books in U.S. What baffled me was that I couldn’t fathom what it is about Drama by Raina Telgemeier that would necessitate such a course of action. Occasionally books weren’t in the catalogue at all and I could guess which themes were potentially “questionable”. Who would’ve thought that I of all people would chance upon a book that is under review by the National Library Board (NLB), Singapore? I certainly didn’t think I would - not after 14 years of patronising the public libraries here and almost always finding what I looked for. ![]()
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