This will not come as a surprise to anyone who knows anything about me, but let me clarify that I describe Robie Harris's It's Perfectly Normal
as "controversial" because, technically, it is true: It has caused a
lot of controversy, frequently hitting the top ten list of
most-challenged books, inspiring hysterical accusations of its being
child porn, and generating publicity stunts like that of the woman in
Lewiston, Maine, who checked it out and refused to return it because it
was "amoral" (generating such attention that the library had to order
several more copies. I love—kinda—book banners).
But I do not think that the content is (or at least ought to be) particularly controversial.
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