The plot against Potter
With the launch of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince fast approaching, Chris Zammarelli puts together a column detailing widespread controversy over the books — the author of which, according to the American Library Association, has been the fourth most objected to between 1990 and 2004. From book burnings to anti-Potter websites to challenges over the books’ lack of moral messages — as Zammarelli writes, “You can’t burn witches at the stake any more, but you can burn books about witches.”
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