http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2022356,00.html
The Humble Independent School District hosts a literary festival every winter. Every year they alternate between chlidrens's literature and a teen literature event. The festival features nationally acclaimed authors and draws hundreds of families to the event. This year, there will not be a festival because of events that folllowed the banning of best selling young adult author Ellen Hopkins. Auhorities have been trying to ban books as long as people have been writing them. "Banning authors isn't the same as banning books, but the intent is the same," says Hopkins. When the parents found out that Hopkins was a speaker at this year's fesival, many of them complained to the school board and her invitation was taken back. Hopkins talked to the other writers who were supposed to speak a the festival and they all withdrew from the festival. The school district then cancelled the festival. Banning Hopkins from the festival and the other authors boycotting caused a lot of activity on social network sites. Six national industry groups sent protest letters to the superintendent. Some people said that Hopkins hadn't really been formally invited and was making a big deal out of nothing.
Do you think it was fair for the school to cancel Ellen Hopkins appearance?
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