didn t know what we re doing. but it was good too. so good. that s a little kid. the library and didn t care. the library and asked if he wanted to check out a graphic novel version of that book to thank you so much for coming on. knox, first to you, what did yo think when the librarian asked you if you wanted to see that picture version of that book? the only thing that went through my head was i was so uncomfortable and i was just so angry. i didn t believe it was actuall happening. tucker: kids know when something is keeping. parents know to come about so many of them are intimidated by saving anything because it s unfashionable, you don t want t be the uncool parent. why did you decide to bring thi to public attention?
students, but not for olde students what do you make of that what i make of that is, wel thank you. on amazon, barnes and noble, and every other major website, the book is from 14 to 18 year olds thank you for confirming exactly what we have bee saying from the very beginning it is interesting that the ter child is being used. this book is not for children. it is not a children s book. it is not out it is a young adult book for kids aged 14 to 18 when you look at the website it also says, great ten throug 12 this book is geared toward young adults who are actuall experiencing those types o things because i dealt with sexua assaults by the age of 12, t say that, oh i don t want my child to read about this i like, yes, but your child already 16, i was 12 when dealt with this, your chil
of emotional and ann storytelling truly is. i started our conversation b ask even why the book has been challenged so many times here s what they had to say. it s very simple, my book tells the truth. my book tells the truth abou the black experience it tells the truth about the queer experience it tells the truth about the black queer experience a lot of people are upse because my book of the actua truth of, against the storie that many of us historically a young adults have been condition to be leave as the truth. i push back against notions of the forefathers, the founder of this nation, and i ve given the actual truth about what th real experiences like to gro up black unclear in america. we know that one thing about
children died by gunfire i america. according to provisional statistics by the cdc, gun violence is now the leadin cause of death for children in america. this talk because rob becaus of the statistics, and uniquel emotional because enough feels unavoidable. how can this wound hero when the scabs torn off again and again? how can you even begin t emotionally prepare your children to attend school in a environment like this? one way you can possibly d that is through books, and b reading them together. one such book is give a boy or got, and by todd straw sir one of the first young adult novels written in the aftermat of the infamous columbin school shields scooting in 1999 give a boy a, gun writte explicitly for adolescents, ca help a young reader explor feelings, fears, and thought around this difficult topic. the book can be a resource, way to work through very rea emotions from the safety o your own home. i started the conversation wit dr. by asking him why he has
they have been presented wit is true. and one of those old people fo whom transactions stil matters. many thanks to margaret atwood, author of numerous book, including the award-winning, bookend mainsail she s come many times on the velshi book club the year end meeting at th velshi book club, works fiction, bad around the eyes, have th power to help you conquer your biggest fears, considering things you ve never once examines it even changes steadfas opinion. just ask - the bestselling contemporary author of $27, including the book that we featured on thi book called 19 minutes i think fiction is a really important tool a lot of people will tune ou the news i can t tell you how man people i ve talked to in the past week you ve said, i can t handle all the stuff about the shootings, and not watching th news this week fiction is supposed to be an escape, but if you write about