Though no formal complaint had been filed and despite the fact that both titles had already been upheld by a reconsideration committee in previous years, a Board Member in East Penn School District in Emmaus, PA, motioned to nix Prep and Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test from the district’s summer reading lists. (You can see the lists, which provide ample information about each book as an FYI to parents, here)
The Kids’ Right to Read Project, a joint intiative of NCAC and the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, supported in part by AAP and the CBLDF, sent a letter to the members of the school board, cautioning them not to remove the books.
East Penn Joint LetterDespite the