You Oughta Be in Pictures

Have you ever said about your favorite book, “I wonder when they’re going to make a movie about (insert name of favorite book)”? If you’re a Chris Crutcher fan, and if your favorite book is STAYING FAT FOR SARAH BYRNES, here’s your chance to answer that question. A recent post on Chris Crutcher’s website is asking for your help to get “them” to make a movie out of this phenonimal...

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The “10 Most Challenged Books of 2005”

I’m tempted by my warped sense of humor to title this the “Dirty Dozen,” even though there aren’t a dozen, and they aren’t dirty, just to make a point about how calling a book one thing doesn’t make it that thing. “It’s Perfectly Normal” for homosexuality, nudity, sex education, religious viewpoint, abortion and being unsuited to age...

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