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You are concerned that if the French books in your school system are banned, then students will be ignorant to different cultures.  You do not want the school district to get out of hand and ban your books off the shelves.  You will want to analyze the civil liberties of the case and how the students will be affected.

http://www.ala.org/work/freedom/lbr.html

This link will lead you to the pages of the American Library Association as well as the Office of Intellectual Freedom.
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http://www.lme.mankato.msus.edu/other/censorship.html

Be sure to read through "Terminology" and "Library Bill of Rights," as well as "Freedom to Read Statement."
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http://www.judyblume.com/booklist.html

http://www.judyblume.com/censors.html
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Get an inside perspective on censorship from Judy Blume at these two sites!  Paces I Never Meant To Be is an excellent book--a compilation of short stories by authors who have experienced censorship first hand before.

http://www.freedomforum.org/freedomspeaks/1999/2/25kidsbooks.asp
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Find out what two authors have to say about censorship, and why.

http://www.freedomforum.org/speech/series/bannedbooks.report.1998.asp

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