School librarians: Dump ‘Mockingbird,’ ‘Gatsby’ …
— Summer Reading Survey School librarians want to drop To Kill a Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby and Huckleberry Finn from summer reading lists, according to a survey by School Library Journal and National Council of Teachers of English, writes Chris Queen on PJ Media. Number one on the list is Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, apparently because Atticus Finch is a “white savior.” The book also topped another list, PBS’ 2014 survey of Americans’ best-loved novels, writes Quee