When bestselling author Ellen Hopkins was yanked from the list of writers to appear at a teen book festival in Humble, cries of censorship burst from the blogosphere.
And when other authors backed out of the event to support Hopkins, the Humble Independent School district canceled Teen Lit Fest altogether.
Now, no one is happy.
“My books are in libraries and bookstores in Humble,” said Hopkins, who writes graphic, young adult novels about meth addiction, teen prostitution and suicide. “They’re not pulling the plug on my books, but on me. It’s censorship when you don’t let somebody give voice to their ideas.”
The same librarian who invited Hopkins to the event sent her an e-mail a few weeks ago indicating that the district had a change of heart, Hopkins said.
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