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Please don't take this as a slight: why does your personal emotional reaction matter here? The idea that public libraries should be open sources of information shouldn't require hot-blooded sentiment from you or me. It's an extension of principles that you and I (notionally) agree on.

That being said: I, for one, think that 8th graders should have Maus accessible to them; it's a difficult book substantively and in terms of presentation, but I don't think reading it is going to "damage" any 8th grader. "Required" is besides the point.

>>woodru+(OP)
I own Maus myself and am a big fan. I agree about public libraries. Less convinced about school libraries for minors.

My point was that when Maus stopped being part of required reading in one school district, that was reported as a "book ban", which is very misleading.

So now I'm suspicious of other reported "book bans" until I've heard the details.