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Originally Posted by pidgeon92
I, personally, would like to thank the Republic school board for inspiring me to read Slaughterhouse-Five. I finished it last night, and it was awesome!
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This makes creating the thread totally worth it.
So, with it so fresh in your mind... can you post some thoughts on what parts you think might be construed as age inappropriate for 14,15,16,17 year-olds? Possibly some chapter references? I'm genuinely curious and it's been so long since I've read it. Maybe I should just break down and read it again, but I'm still calling "silly" on this decision. There has to be countless books in their library that are
more age inappropriate than this one.
The language, violence and sexual content claims just don't jive with me. It may look and sound like a perfectly valid review of a book that's probably been on their shelves for 30+ years, but I certainly don't buy it. A unanimous decision? What were the missing members opinions? Why weren't they there to vote on it? Sure smells like "spin" and "damage control" to me.