(All images and reviews uploaded from Red Cedar Book Award site)Thirteen-year-old Heather Blake is just getting used to life on tiny Tarragon Island, on the west coast of BC, when something terrible happens. Her grandmother gets involved with a radical group of anti-logging protestors called the Ladies of the Forest, and they decide to make a nude calendar as a fundraising project! Of course Heather is mortified, but things get much worse when the loggers and protesters face off in the woods. Some of the protesters are arrested, and Heather is furious with her grandmother for stirring up trouble. Neighbours are fighting neighbours as the conflict escalates, and even Heather, who just wishes everyone would calm down, can’t escape the division in her own family when she writes an opinion article for the Island newspaper. As things progress, Heather starts to realize that there are at least two sides to this — and every — story.
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oooh- I just read that this book is actually a BANNED BOOK! That means that somewhere out there, a school librarian has removed it from the shelves to avoid corrupting young minds. Apparently this librarian was offended with some of the bullying content, and there are some offensive slang words for "breasts" (I believe the word Tate uses in the book is "bazoingas"). What do you guys think??? Should we pull it off our shelves at Mamquam???
NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can't wait to hear Amber's impression of this book!
Don't take it off the shelves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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