A needless conflict: All sides share blame in book dispute

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Abstract

Parents of a fifth grader in Elizabeth Page Elementary School protested to "My Brother Sam is Dead" being used in the classroom. Tensions between the parent raising the issue and the school members grew hostile and proper procedures were not followed for the challenge. The book was eventually restored to the classroom.

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Resource type
- Intellectual Freedom News
Collections
- Intellectual Freedom Issues in Oregon: A News Database
Challenged
- My brother Sam is dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
Reading level
- children
Participant
- Elizabeth Page Elementary School; Springfield School District; Kelly Dunn;
Outcome
- retained
Location
- The Register-Guard (Eugene)
Source
- The Register-Guard (Eugene)
Is part of
- Intellectual Freedom Issues in Oregon: A News Database
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Additional information
- The Register-Guard (Eugene)