Title: The Shepherd’s Granddaughter Author: Anne Laurel Carter Publication Year: 2010 Pages: 224 Genre: Fiction, Young Adult Source: Bought from Chapters.ca You know how sometimes people intend one thing to happen, and end up causing the entire opposite effect? Jewish advocacy groups tried to ban this book a few months ago from Toronto District School [...]

Title: Three Wishes: Palestinian and Israeli Children Speak Author: Deborah Ellis Publication Year: 2007 Pages: 112 Genre: Non-Fiction Source: Purchased from Chapters.ca I first spotted this book on a list of challenged books in Canada on the Freedom to Read website. It’s been the cause of a fairly large uproar among the librarians in the province [...]