{"id":3247,"date":"2019-11-26T13:37:32","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T18:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/?page_id=3247"},"modified":"2022-04-22T10:55:45","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T14:55:45","slug":"the-best-man","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/the-best-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned Books 2019 &#8211; The Best Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"\">\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 style=\"\"><a id=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2019\/author\/\">2019 Author<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2019\/title\/\">2019 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\/2019\/09\/bestman.jpg\" alt=\"best man\" width=\"314\" height=\"475\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/bestman.jpg 314w, https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/bestman-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mulibiiidb.marshall.edu\/record=b1948616~S12\">Held at Marshall University (Drinko Juvenile Collection JF P367be)<\/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>2019<\/h2>\n<p>Avid Bookshop owner Janet Geddis shut down the annual book fair it holds at Athens (GA) Academy after a school administrator told booksellers to hide a book that features gay characters. Administrators told Avid staff to remove <b>The Best Man<\/b> by Newberry Medalist Richard Peck from display after &#8220;several parents raised concerns over a book that contained situations they were not yet prepared to discuss with their young children.&#8221;  Later the school requested that all of Avid&#8217;s books be reviewed by the administration for objectionable content, and that books designated by the administration as objectionable be removed as well. Afterwards, the head of the school sent out an apology for the way the event was handled, but did not apologize for the decision to remove books. Avid announced that for a period 10% of the book sales from its children&#8217;s, middle grade, and young adult sections would be donated to the Athens LGBTQ Youth Group.<\/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>July 25, 2019<\/p>\n<p><!-- ** ** END RIGHT COLUMN *** *-->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><!-- *** * END FULL PAGE DIV * *** --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":39,"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-3247","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3247","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\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3247"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9907,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3247\/revisions\/9907"}],"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=3247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}