![]() ![]() Sometimes parents object to YA novels with themes of suicide and self-harm. well, never mind, I guess with the book-banning crowd it is. Genitals do not appear, and honestly I can't recall Henry even doing much cussing. gay sex goes on in these pages, but is never described. Henry has occasional gay sex of an abusive and undefined nature with Marcus, one of the bullies, which fits Henry's self-destructive nature. The boy he was in love with, Jesse, committed suicide last year and Henry can't get past it, rejecting friends, family, teachers, even the new boy he falls in love with (and who falls in love with him). He's gay, a little odd, and bullied at school. ![]() The title of the list was "Filthy Books in Schools." That right there was enough to pique my interest, so I checked out a copy from my public library. Apparently the parent is part of an organized group filing challenge after challenge against books in school libraries, often ones with LGBTQ themes or characters, and saw "We Are the Ants" on a emailed list of suggested targets. "We Are the Ants" came to my attention via a news item from Texas, where a parent is demanding it be removed from a high school library. ![]()
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