I’m up on The Canary Review again to continue the conversation on Banned Books. I think it’s important to consider why we ban or challenge books, and what that says about their power. Plus, tCR is a cool blog, with plenty of interesting thoughts on books, banned and otherwise.
So what’s cool is that it’s possible that there will be a new Canary appearing soon whose writing style bears a strong similarity to mind. Striking, even. This blog is going to keep plugging away, but you might want to check out The Canary Review twice a month or so. Just sayin’.
Jessica Jonas 
About Banned Books:
Some things need to be banned. It sounds harsh, but think about it- We don’t let porn in libraries for kids, or bomb making instructions in school libraries, do we?
Some things are just as dangerous, such as hate speech against a minority group or even a religion.
One such book is going around on line, which means that no body in the world governs it at all. The only thing we can do is try to stop the publisher, Orange Cat Publishing, from releasing the work this October first.
It’s called Keeley Thomson:Demon Girl and is by K.L. Byron. Kids have already been reading it illegally (file sharing sites and a leaked copy) online.
We must work together to stop such things, or the whole Christian faith will be threatened!
Thank you for choosing to work with us against works that promote distain for Christian thought.
You raise an interesting point about danger and the spread of information. Here’s what I think:
1. Pornography is a different topic than literature because it deals with actual people (and in the case of exploitation, actual exploitation), rather than a fictional exploration of a topic.
2. I honestly don’t know what protocol is in schools for literature involving bombs. I would hope that fiction involving bombs would be allowed; I could understand, for security reasons, why a non-fiction, instructional guide would not be permitted.
3. I believe that books are very powerful, and I admit that I don’t agree with every book printed, but I am wholeheartedly for the freedom to read. From my (brief) research on the book you mention, it seems that it’s a fictional story of a girl who discovers she may be a demon and goes on to question some of the things she had thought about Christianity. That is not hate speech. That is a story that offers a different viewpoint than many people hold, which may be frustrating, but is not illegal or immoral in and of itself. And if this book threatens Christianity as a whole, then this faith is not what I thought it was when I was confirmed. Reading Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials strengthened my faith, because it allowed me to ask questions. I would hope this book might do the same, or at least entertain its readers.