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Banned Books, take two.


During the ALA's Banned Books Week, the superintendent of Virginia's Harrisonburg High School Harrisonburg High School, part of the Harrisonburg City School System, is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

HHS serves grades nine through twelve, and is home of the Harrisonburg Blue Streaks. There are currently 1381 students enrolled.
 ordered a display of banned or "challenged" books--including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Fahrenheit Fahr·en·heit
adj. Abbr. F
Of or relating to a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32°F and the boiling point as 212°F at one atmosphere of pressure.
 451, and The Diary of Anne Anne, British princess
Anne (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise), 1950–, British princess, only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, duke of Edinburgh. She was educated at Benenden School.
 Frank--removed. The reason? Students might be tempted to read them.
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Title Annotation:NEWS to KNOW
Publication:Instructor (1990)
Date:Jan 1, 2007
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