The book 'Speak' is at risk of being banned from classrooms & libraries.

From: Laurie Halse Anderson, Author of Speak

"Wesley Scroggins is an associate professor of management at Missouri State University."


Wesley wrote an opinion piece in the News-Leader of Springfield, MO, in which he characterized SPEAK as filthy and immoral. Then he called it “soft pornography” because of two rape scenes."

Read what Wesley wrote : HERE

"The fact that he sees rape as sexually exciting (pornographic) is disturbing, if not horrifying. It gets worse, if that’s possible, when he goes on to completely mischaracterize the book."


"My fear is that good-hearted people in Scroggins’ community will read his piece and believe what he says. And then they will complain to the school board. And then the book will be pulled and then all those kids who might have found truth and support in the book will be denied that. In addition, all the kids who have healthy emotional lives but who hate reading, will miss the chance to enjoy a book that might change their opinion.

All because some wingnut grabbed the opinion page of his newspaper, bellowed his lies, and no one challenged him."




Find out HERE, how you can show your support for the book!
 
Kristen loves this book and ALSO loved playing the character in the book, it's sad that some people don't know that there's a difference between RAPE AND Porn 
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