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Saturday, November 21, 2009 1:13 PM

Published 11/06/2009 by Christian Science Monitor


Gay characters make problems for Scholastic

Will they or won't they? That had been the question. Would a book with a pair of gay characters appear at Scholastic's book fairs? If not, there was angry talk of a boycott. And if so, well, there is also angry talk of a boycott.

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