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Of Bookish Things Mar 2, 2024

Surrey, B.C.'s biggest school district, drops 4 books from recommended school reading list.

Teachers can still use the four books, she said, but within the school district's guidelines that also call for the teaching of the historical and social context of the #Literature.
*How do we define/identify #ClassicLiterature?

#Harper Lee’s #PulitzerPrize-winning #ToKillAMockingbird, along with #JohnSteinbeck's #OfMiceAndMen, and #ShermanAlexie's #TheAbsolutelyTrueDiaryofAPartTimeIndian have been dropped from #SurreyBC's #SchoolCurriculum #Books #Novels

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/surrey-drops-4-books-from-recommended-school-reading-list-1.7129665

To Kill a Mockingbird among 4 books dropped from Surrey's recommended school reading list | CBC News

To Kill a Mockingbird, Of Mice and Men, In the Heat of the Night and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian were dropped from Surrey's curricula lists in November.

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