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A review by chuskeyreads
All Over but the Shoutin by Rick Bragg
4.0
Fabulous! I guess being an Alabamian makes my review a little biased, but the stories and depictions of country folks almost sound as if he's describing my own family.
As a side note, I recommended this book for the newly re-vamped Summer Reading list from having read just the first several pages (yes, I thought the writing was THAT good!), but mostly because - Heck, Rick Bragg's an Alabama boy!
Little did I know that this Pulitzer Prize winning author's memoir would cause such a ruckus in my little old high school library. A parent called and complained to the principal, an asst. principal, and finally, to me - my first official book challenge as a Media Specialist - and it wasn't pretty. Fortunately, it was resolved without removing the book from the list or my library.
While I understand someone objecting to a book or parts of a book, I cannot fully entertain the idea of someone adamantly criticizing a book without actually reading it, which apparently happens quite a bit in school libraries.
Well, this one will be front and center on my Banned Books Week display next month.
As a side note, I recommended this book for the newly re-vamped Summer Reading list from having read just the first several pages (yes, I thought the writing was THAT good!), but mostly because - Heck, Rick Bragg's an Alabama boy!
Little did I know that this Pulitzer Prize winning author's memoir would cause such a ruckus in my little old high school library. A parent called and complained to the principal, an asst. principal, and finally, to me - my first official book challenge as a Media Specialist - and it wasn't pretty. Fortunately, it was resolved without removing the book from the list or my library.
While I understand someone objecting to a book or parts of a book, I cannot fully entertain the idea of someone adamantly criticizing a book without actually reading it, which apparently happens quite a bit in school libraries.
Well, this one will be front and center on my Banned Books Week display next month.