{"id":10960,"date":"2022-06-02T15:34:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T19:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/?page_id=10960"},"modified":"2022-06-02T15:42:17","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T19:42:17","slug":"chocolate-war","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/chocolate-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned Books 2010 \u2013 The Chocolate War"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"marsha-row mt-4 mb-4 flex flex-wrap -mx-2 lg:-mx-6  justify-start border-0 border-gray-100 first:mt-0\">\n\t\n<p><!-- *  START LEFT COLUMN  *--><div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-3\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<h2>Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a id=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2010\/author\/\">2010 Author<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2010\/title\/\">2010 Title<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/\">Banned Books Home<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><hr \/><\/p>\n<h2>Cover<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2022\/06\/chocwar.jpg\" alt=\"the chocolate war cover\" width=\"1400\" height=\"2003\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2679\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mulibiiidb.marshall.edu\/record=b1088526~S12\">Held at Drinko Juvenile Collection &#8211; JF C811c<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- *** ** END LEFT COLUMN ** ***-->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/p><p><!-- *** ** START RIGHT COLUMN ** **--><div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-9\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<p><strong>Marshall University does not ban books!  The information is provided to let people know what has been banned\/challenged elsewhere.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>2010<\/h2>\n<p>Challenged and\/or banned for nudity, offensive language, being sexually explicit and unsuited for age group.<\/p>\n<h2>2008<\/h2>\n<p>Initially removed from Harford County (MD) High School curriculum due to vulgar language overshadowing anti-bullying message, but in November 2007, the school superintendent reversed the ban to allow the use of the book in classes dealing with harassment for which all parents have signed permission slips. Challenged as optional reading in a bullying unit at the Lake Oswego (OR) Junior High School because the novel is &#8220;peppered with profanities, ranging from derogatory slang terms to sexual encounters and violence.&#8221; Challenged in the Coeur d&#8217;Alene (ID) School district where parents say the book, along with 5 other, should require parental permission for students to read them. Challenged as required reading for 7th-grade students at the John H. Kinzie Elementary School in Chicago (IL). Challenged at the Northridge School District in Johnstown (OH) because &#8220;if these books were a movie, they would be rated R, why should we encourage them to read these books.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>2007<\/h2>\n<p>Challenged, but retained in the West Hartford (CN) schools. Parents of a King Philip Middle School eighth grader thought the language, sexual content, and violence made the book PG-13. Challenged in the Wake County (NC) schools because the book has &#8220;vulgar and sexually explicit language.&#8221; Parents are getting help from Called2Action, a Christian group that says its mission is to &#8220;promote and defend our shared family and social values.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>2006<\/h2>\n<p>Challenged for sexual content and offensive language.<\/p>\n<h2>2005<\/h2>\n<p>Challenged for sexual content, offensive language, religious viewpoint, being unsuited to age group and violence.<\/p>\n<h2>2003<\/h2>\n<p>Challenged in Fairfax (VA) school libraries by a group called Parents Against Bad Books in Schools for &#8220;profanity and descriptions of drug abuse, sexually explicit conduct and torture&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2>2002<\/h2>\n<p>Challenged for profanity, scenes of masturbation and sexual fantasy along with segments denigrating to girls.<\/p>\n<h2>2001<\/h2>\n<p>Challenged in York County (VA) for sexually explicit language. Retained as optional reading for eighth graders in Girard (PA) despite a grandmother finding the book offensive and not wanting her grand-daughter reading it. Challenged for being on the eighth grade reading list of Lancaster (MA) school district for language and content. Challenged at a Lisbon (OH) board of education meeting as a &#8220;pornographic&#8221; book that should be removed from high school English classes.<\/p>\n<h2>On These Pages<\/h2>\n<p>A <strong>Banned<\/strong> book has been removed from a library, classroom, etc.<br \/>\nA <strong>Challenged<\/strong> book has been requested to be removed from a library, classroom, etc.<\/p>\n<h2>For additional information contact<\/h2>\n<p>Ron Titus, <a href=\"mailto:titus@marshall.edu\">titus@marshall.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"tel:304-696-6575\">304-696-6575<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Last updated<\/h2>\n<p>August 4, 2010<\/p>\n<p><!-- ** ** END RIGHT COLUMN *** *-->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><!-- *** * END FULL PAGE DIV * blocked in the processing de*** --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":784,"featured_media":0,"parent":2039,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10960","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/784"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10960"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10964,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10960\/revisions\/10964"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}