Re: 100 Most Challenged Books, Currently
edgarblythe wrote:
My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
My Brother Sam is Dead was one of the most often challenged young adult books of the 1990's. It came in at about number 12 if I am correct.
Christopher Collier was the Connecticut State Historian, he is now retired.
He is an excellent historian and writer. Neither of those books give a simplistic account of American history but deal with decisions and their consequences, divided loyalties, and tragedy. I know Chris slightly and his academic publications better. It is both interesting and troubling there are people who would attempt to censor a young adult novel by a serious historian .