Forever / Judy Blulme / 199 pages / October Challenge Banned Books

In Rib Lake, Wisconsin in 2005, a school district principal had Forever removed from the library after confiscating a copy from a student in the lunch room, finding "graphic descriptions of the sex act."  It was #2 on ALA's Top Banned/ Challenged Books list the same year.  Forever was the first book Judy Blume wrote for adults.  It should be catalogued and shelved as such.  The packaging appeals to younger readers and the book is inappropriate for them.  The how-to novel is about young love with no thought to abstinence or lifelong commitment.