a formal complaint against a teacher in guilford county, north carolina for a signing this book to her ap english class. for anyone else targeting this book in classrooms around the nation, i urge you to read it. cover to cover. calling salvage the bones quote, trash garbage and pornography, and quote, like those two parents did, proves to me they didn t read it. we featured nearly 70 books on the velshi banned book club, and there are few that are as compelling, as thought-provoking, as this one. this is the sort of literature that should be assigned to every english class in america, discussed esch family dynamic, pick apart the, writing and i solutions to nature, and decide what survival looks like. you will be better for it. i know i am. i m joined now by jesmyn ward, the only woman in the only black person to win the national book award for fiction twice. she is the author of numerous all-important books, including today s velshi banned book club feature, salvage the bones.
mother dead from childbirth, and without a present father, esch has little basis for understanding love. but those constant and honest example of love and devotion is between skeetah and his pit bull, china. the book s most tender and striking scenes are between skeetah and china. they are a true partnership, even when skeetah subjects china to brutal violence in a dogfight ring, they appear asa team. both, victims of their circumstance. ski thought whispers in her ear, quote, china, make them know, even though they want to, they can t live without you, china. they walk together out of the ring. once you finally finish salvage the bones, it s entirely clear why it won the national book award for fiction in 2011. the rich imagery, the nuance characters, the awards, the amazing ability to poetically depict beauty and gore almost interchangeably, make for a book that is nothing short of a modern classic. this book changes you. and finally, i have a message for the two parents wholodged
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