BANNED BOOK SUMMARY

The Bell Jar BY Plath, Sylvia

"In Zykan v. Warsa (Indiana) Community School Corporation and Warsaw School Board of Trustees (1980), the court addressed the school board's removal of several books from a high school library, including.... The Bell Jar... In Zykan the court once more refused to acknowledge a student's right to receive information, and the shocking court record in Zykan revealed that the school board turned the offending books over to complaining citizens who had them publicly burned. The court condemned this ceremony as "contemptible"...." - From Banned In The U.S.A. by Foerstel, Herbert N.