l8r, g8r addresses themes of friendship and examines how friendships among girls are impacted by romantic relationships. All three books have been attacked by censors, in particular l8r, g8r, which has been targeted for the inclusion of sexual content. All three books are written in instant messages among teenage girls, incorporating teenage slang, shorthand, and sometime profanity. L8r, g8r is the third novel in Myracle’s young adult series that also includes ttyl and ttfn. This is what they’re exposing our kids to, and you think the library is going to be a safe place for your child to go check out a book.Įlle further contends that the book will lead readers into promiscuity and provides them with tools for hooking up online. The book is being challenged by a parent of a 6th grade girl in the Scottsdale Unified School District in Arizona. “The explicit sexual content in it and detail in it, it’s pornographic basically,” says the parent, identified only as Elle by local affiliate Fox 10 News. We kicked off this Banned Books Week with challenges to two classics, and we’ll be wrapping up the week with news of a ban of another book: Lauren Myracle’s l8r, g8r.

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