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Jacquie Kemper
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Jacquie, You do truly amazing work. I've been assigning blogs for all of my classes for about 4 years now, and this is one of the best. I can tell thought went into each post, and I enjoyed reading them throughout the semester. Thanks.
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Here is the link to my Wiki for Judy Blume's banned books. http://judyblumebannedbooks.wetpaint.com/
May 12
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One of the most interesting things I noticed about Judy Blume’s books was the lack of ‘happy endings’. Not to say that no one is happy at the end but the proverbial ‘protagonist gets their wish’ in young adult and children’s literature is missing....
May 4
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Judy Blume’s Young Adult and Children’s books do have a common theme. They all touch on several aspects of growing up. The protagonists are normal kids, living normal lives, coping with normal issues. They often live in New Jersey, Blume’s own chi...
May 1
Oops! I used this as my journal blog on the 20th. Well, here is an abridged version of what I wrote there. When Amazon stripped the rankings from over 50,000 alleged ‘adult content’ books, it seemed like something that should be happening in the ...
May 1
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When Amazon stripped the rankings from over 50,000 alleged ‘adult content’ books, it seemed like something that should be happening in the 1970’s. It is a case of blatant censorship. Homophobia, at its best. What did Amazon do with all those book...
April 20
April 9
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I wanted to choose an author, not just a book. In addition, I was leaning towards young adult literature instead of adult. While researching which author to choose, I narrowed it down to J.K. Rowling (a personal favorite), Roald Dahl (my sons favo...
April 7

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Re: Judy Blume Banned Books Wiki

Here is the link to my Wiki for Judy Blume's banned books.

http://judyblumebannedbooks.wetpaint.com/

Posted on May 12, 2009 at 11:52am — 1 Comment

Jacquie Kemper

Week 15 Journal Entry - No Happy Endings

One of the most interesting things I noticed about Judy Blume’s books was the lack of ‘happy endings’. Not to say that no one is happy at the end but the proverbial ‘protagonist gets their wish’ in young adult and children’s literature is missing. I actually love that about Judy Blume’s writing. It makes her writing real, just as she tries to create characters that children and teens alike can relate to, she also omits the happy ending that rarely happens in real life.

This is not to say that t… Continue

Posted on May 4, 2009 at 11:30pm —

Jacquie Kemper

Week 14 Jornal Entry - Common Themes in Judy Blume Books

Judy Blume’s Young Adult and Children’s books do have a common theme. They all touch on several aspects of growing up. The protagonists are normal kids, living normal lives, coping with normal issues. They often live in New Jersey, Blume’s own childhood home state.

The main characters, whether they have lost a family member, moved to a new state or live in their childhood homes, tend to make friends easily and are self-conscious of what their friends and society think of them. They are all mora… Continue

Posted on May 1, 2009 at 10:45am —

Jacquie Kemper

Week 13 Journal Post - Amazon's Momentary Lapse of Reason

When Amazon stripped the rankings from over 50,000 alleged ‘adult content’ books, it seemed like something that should be happening in the 1970’s. It is a case of blatant censorship. Homophobia, at its best.

What did Amazon do with all those books? My first thought; an image of a good old-fashioned book burning, 1940’s hate-filled Hitler style. That is an image many people have when they think of censorship; book burning, hatred and anger against something the masses have been told is evil. How… Continue

Posted on April 20, 2009 at 12:04pm —

Jacquie Kemper

Week 12 Journal Post - Judy Blume

I wanted to choose an author, not just a book. In addition, I was leaning towards young adult literature instead of adult. While researching which author to choose, I narrowed it down to J.K. Rowling (a personal favorite), Roald Dahl (my sons favorite) and Judy Blume.

Obviously, you can see that though Judy Blume is on the list, she is not a favorite. However, I went to her website www.JudyBlume.com and read that she is a pioneer for broaching controversial subjects in children’s literature. Sh… Continue

Posted on April 7, 2009 at 3:35pm —

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At 8:57am on March 31, 2009, Alisa Cooper said…
Jacquie,
The journal prompts were only a suggestion, so students who didn't know what to write about would have something to guide them, so you're okay there. Sounds good on the plan for meeting your group. We don't have an official class today anyway. :)
See you next week!
At 6:30pm on March 29, 2009, Hana Izuka said…
what time would be good for you?
i'm available Monday anytime after 12:30, but Tuesday and Wednesday I'm going to be really busy.
We can even meet Thursday during our regular class time (9:30-10:45).
You can message me back or even text me at (602) 334-6092.
I respond quicker to text :)
At 1:43pm on March 24, 2009, Renee Stein said…
sorry i wasn't in class today... wut did i miss? i'll put up my info about who bans the book over the weekend...
At 4:20pm on February 2, 2009, Kathy Montoya said…
yea, the problem with you doing that is you don't have a good picture of me!!
 
 
 

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