Word: therings
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While Judy Blume has already risen to young Potter's defense, asking, "What's next, the Babysitters Club banned?" there are more practical reasons to prevent the censoring of the Rowling's tales.
"It's a little disappointing for our season to end this way," tri-captain Katie Schoolwerth said. "We played these games on grass, which is so different from the turf we usually play on, and it's just unrepresentative of the skills we have. This field was in really bad...
"I think we played good defense, but sometimes on that surface the ball can just jump over your stick and that's all it takes to create a breakaway," Schoolwerth said. "We had a few unlucky turnovers, but there was no defensive breakdown or anything like that. It felt like...
Parents have complained that the recent rave over the Potter books is nothing more than an evil curse, a sort of black magic that has cast its spell over fourth-graders everywhere. They argue that Rowling is promoting witchery (a bonafide religion in the United States) over good old-fashioned...
Frankly, I'm a little appalled that the mothers and fathers of America are anti-Potter for religious reasons. There is far less religion apparent in Potters adventures than there ever was in another acclaimed Narnia series, starting with The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. C. S. Lewis' books...