{"id":5473,"date":"2020-08-04T10:21:37","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T15:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/?page_id=5473"},"modified":"2023-05-03T13:50:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T17:50:25","slug":"sparkle-boy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/sparkle-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned Books 2022 &#8211; Sparkle Boy"},"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-2022\/author\/\">2022 Author<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2022\/title\/\">2022 Title<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/\">Banned Books Home<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Cover<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3408\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2020\/08\/sparkle-boy.jpg\" alt=\"sparkle boy book cover\" width=\"260\" height=\"322\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cabellcounty.ent.sirsi.net\/client\/en_US\/cabell\/search\/results?qu=sparkle+boy&amp;te=&amp;rt=false%7C%7C%7CTITLE%7C%7C%7CTitle\">Held at Cabell County Public Library<\/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>2022<\/h2>\n<p>An online petition was directed to the superintendent and board of the Novi (MI) Community School District protesting the inclusion of \u201csensitive materials topics,\u201d defined as \u201cgender identity, sexuality and ideological activist behavior(s).\u201d Titles included <strong>Melissa<\/strong> by Alex Gino, <strong>Sparkle Boy<\/strong> by Lesl\u00e9a Newman, <strong>A is for Activist<\/strong> by Innosanto Nagara, <strong>Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag<\/strong> by Rob Sanders, <strong>The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane<\/strong> by Kate DiCamillo, Nicola Yoon\u2019s short story \u201cSuper Human,\u201d the poem \u201cThe Cost of Being a Girl\u201d by Denise Frohman, and the poem \u201cIf a Princess Tries to Kidnap Your Daughter\u201d by Carlos Andres Gomez. Also at issue was a concern about bullying of people who disagreed with each other. Among public comments at the board meetings, several trustees and district officials spoke on behalf of the district\u2019s efforts<br \/>\nto be more inclusive. The titles apparently have been retained.<\/p>\n<h2>2020<\/h2>\n<p>The Superintendent of the school district in Oak Park (CA) announced the introduction of gender identity curriculum for elementary schools to parents, to include the books <b>Sparkle By<\/b> by Leslea Newman, <b>It&#8217;s Okay to Be Different<\/b> by Todd Parr, <b>Red: A Crayon&#8217;s Story<\/b> by Michael Hall, <b>Neither<\/b> by Airlie Anderson, and <b>Jamie is Jamie: A Book About Being Yourself and Playing Your Way<\/b> by Afsaneh Moradian. The curriculum sparked strong protests from 300 parents, some claiming that the lessons were &#8220;unscientific ideology,&#8221; others believing that the parents should decide whether to broach the subject, not the schools. Following a review by the district curriculum council and parent-teacher organizations at each of the three elementary schools, the Oak Park Board of Education adopted the program.<\/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>May 3, 2023<\/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":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-5473","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5473","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=5473"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12635,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5473\/revisions\/12635"}],"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=5473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}