cheap by Margaret BaldPreviously published in 1989, these four volumes provide a survey of more than 400 titlesthat have been subjected to censorship by school boards, gove ments, religious institutions,and other bodies. Within each volume, titles are arranged alphabetically, and entries includebrief publishing information, a summary of the books content, a censorship history, anda short list of further reading. Some 50 entries are new. The political volume has added 10entries, among them Ha Jins 1999 novel Waiting, denounced in China for portraying Chinesepeople as backward; the Chinese publication was canceled. The volume on religious groundsnow has entries for five Harry Potter books. Fourteen entries, including one for Sari Says,an advice book for teens, have been added to the sexual grounds volume. Another 14 entrieshave been added to the social grounds volume, among them Marion Dane Bauers Am I Blue? andFrancesca Lia Blocks Baby Be Bop. Each volume in the set concludes with short author profiles,a bibliography, and a list of books discussed in the other volumes. Mary Ellen Quinn

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