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Originally posted by lovelyivy84
How could they ban A Light In The Attic? That was a staple of my childhood! And A Wrinkle in Time???? WTF! They objected to Charles Wallace or something?
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Actually, I'm a big Madeleine L'Engle Fan (she wrote A Wrinkle in Time), and growing up I read the majority of her books, including much of her adult fiction and some non-fiction when I was in late middle and high school.
In one of her semi-autobiographical, semi-theological books (can't remember the title--something about silence or quiet--maybe A Circle of Quiet) she discusses people's reactions to A Wrinkle in Time.
She was disturbed that most kids seemed to "get" the book and really enjoy it. She viewed the book as very religious and moral and as a hymn of praise. However, a lot of adults freaked out because they thought the book was occult with time travel/space travel and that Ms. Who, Ms. Which, and Ms. Whatsit were witches. It was kinda the same "occult" labeling that Harry Potter gets. She was really sad that people reacted in that way to the book, but it's still continuing today.
In short, adults are stupid and kids are smart.