Tony also had a brother, Vinnie, who was killed in the Vietnam War. Tony has an older brother, Ralph, who is a social studies teacher and a sister-in-law (Angie) who is Ralph’s wife who is studying to be a teacher. This book is told from the POV of thirteen year old Tony Miglione, who’s from a working-class family in Jersey City. Because how dare we read about a boy having wet dreams, right? OK, it hasn’t been on the challenged list much recently. Constitution! So don’t just sit there: sit there and read a challenged book forgodssake. Our right to access ideas and intellectual information is sacred AND it’s protected by the U.S. Or you can check out the Freedom to Read Foundation for more information about censorship. The ALA (American Library Association) has lists each year of books that had been challenged the most. When I get to pester people to no end about the scourge of censorship in American Libraries. Happy Banned Books Week everyone! It’s my favorite time of the year.
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