Together by Book Girls Guide » All Posts https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/discussion/2023-reading-challenge-discussion-groups/archived-2023/read-around-the-usa-ar-la-ms-ok-tx/i-know-why-the-caged-bird-sings-by-maya-angelou/feed/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 13:32:54 +0000 https://bbpress.org/?v=2.6.14 en-US https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/should-this-book-stay-on-the-list-28/#post-954 <![CDATA[Reply To: Should this book stay on the list?]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/should-this-book-stay-on-the-list-28/#post-954 Fri, 28 Jul 2023 23:08:52 +0000 Jaimette Yes,  the best part of this list is the variety it exposes readers to.  I chose this book specifically because it has been on banned book lists.

I think her multiple trips back to Arkansas, make it appropriate for the list.

]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/should-this-book-stay-on-the-list-28/#post-944 <![CDATA[Reply To: Should this book stay on the list?]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/should-this-book-stay-on-the-list-28/#post-944 Fri, 28 Jul 2023 17:01:37 +0000 Sheridan I haven’t read the entire novel in years, though I’ve read parts of it with my American lit students. It is currently on the approved list for 11th grade American lit students in my district, though it is “challenged” by parents in my bordering recent district.  The rape is graphic and horrifying as is the racism little Maya experiences.  Does it reflect Arkansas – perhaps not as well as other books about the Civil Rights movement. It is a book that many of my students struggle with, though those that finish it say it is good. I would love to know what others who have read it think.

]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/should-this-book-stay-on-the-list-28/#post-886 <![CDATA[Should this book stay on the list?]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/should-this-book-stay-on-the-list-28/#post-886 Fri, 28 Jul 2023 06:50:33 +0000 Book Girls’ Guide Was this book a good fit for the Read Around the USA Challenge?

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