Looking for Alaska by John Green is a very mature book, with lots of heavy issues.Looking For Alaska should be banned from middle school libraries because it contains adult content.
One examples is on page 126 it says “Have you ever gotten a blow job?’..’No.’...We;; I’ve never given one.’ Because it contains sexual content middle schools might feel uncomfortable reading it because they aren’t used to hearing or dealing with it.
Another example is the characters do lots of illegal things. On page 114 it says “We’re all gonna puke if we don’t slow down the drinking!’....’Let’s slow it down with a drinking game!” This shows how this could influence pre-teens and teens that drinking is ok. Or drinking is fun. This book will set the wrong example for lots of kids.
Some may say that middle schools are at the age where they are learning about everything and that they are mature enough to read about it. Looking For Alaska deals with smoking, drinking, suicide, bad language, porn, stealing, failing school, eating fast foods. The truth is many middle schools aren't mature enough to read books like these, because they are unfamiliar with some of the content, and it could set the wrong example.
Looking For Alaska is a great book, but should be banned from middle school libraries because it could set the wrong message, and many kids won’t be able to handle the content.
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