But Blume cautions that the targets of the censors are difficult to predict. “Indeed, the majority of challenges to Blume’s books have come from what she dubbed the ‘Moral Tone Brigade,’ whose main objection to her work is the characters’ use of “obscene language, their sexual curiosity, and the fact that they have the temerity to question the existence of God”-in other words, things that teenagers everywhere have always done, and will continue to do, no matter how many books get banned. Critical Linking, a daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web is sponsored by Random House.
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