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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKaty ISD decides Holocaust novels 'Maus' and 'Maus II' are appropriate for middle school and up
This makes me smile. All three of my children read this book and the sequel in middle school
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Following an internally prompted review, a committee found that Holocaust graphic novels Maus and Maus II are appropriate for students in middle and high school.
The district has not yet specified what prompted the review of the Pulitzer-Prize winning book and its sequel by Art Spiegelman. The school system confirmed the books, which use black-and-white cartoons of anthropomorphized animals to depict the the Holocaust, were under review last month.
KISD Media Relations Manager Maria Corrales DiPetta this week confirmed the review concluded the books were appropriate for junior high and up.
The district has not yet specified what prompted the review of the Pulitzer-Prize winning book and its sequel by Art Spiegelman. The school system confirmed the books, which use black-and-white cartoons of anthropomorphized animals to depict the the Holocaust, were under review last month.
KISD Media Relations Manager Maria Corrales DiPetta this week confirmed the review concluded the books were appropriate for junior high and up.
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Katy ISD decides Holocaust novels 'Maus' and 'Maus II' are appropriate for middle school and up (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Apr 2022
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onecaliberal
(32,902 posts)1. The format seems interesting to students that age.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)2. I learned about the Japanese and Nazi atrocities at my Mom's knee. Leave the
schools, the teachers, the kids and the books alone!
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,619 posts)3. Here is a good article on the importance of this book