Word: trevelyn
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...some parents, after seeing only a few photocopied pages, assumed the book was a racist put-down and essentially ran Sherman out of the school. Most New Yorkers were torn between amazement at the brouhaha and pity for the children, who have lost a good teacher. But for Trevelyn Jones, book-review editor of the School Library Journal, the real surprise was that the book made it into Sherman's classroom at all. "Many teachers find it easier to stick with the tried and true," she says. "That Sherman even knew about this book is unusual...
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