"No one person should have that kind of power. I was then and remain incensed that a single person could go to the school and make that happen," said Hopkins. "I have had my books challenged before, but never had an event canceled because of a challenge. The author, Ellen Hopkins, this week saw a school visit in Oklahoma canceled after a parent complained about her New York Times bestselling novels "Crank" and "Glass" – loosely based on her own daughter's story of addiction to crystal meth. Banned Books Week adopts author's anti-censorship poem as manifestoĪn author of young adult fiction whose books have provoked bans and complaints in the US for tackling controversial topics such as teenage prostitution and drug addiction has written a poem that is being used to champion the cause of banned books across America.
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