King+&+King


 * 1) **The name of the book**: __King and //King//__
 * 2) **Author:** Linda de Haan
 * 3) A short description: The book was written in Dutch and it was translated in into English and published in the United States in 2002. The queen wants her son the prince to get married because the other kings in the land have wives and she was tired of being the queen. The prince doesn’t find any of the princess attractive, until he sees….
 * 4) **Genre:** Fiction
 * 5) **Questionable Situation**: The king falls in love with one of the princes brothers and decides that he wants to wed him.
 * 6) **Public’s Opinion:** One woman states,"I was not aware of it when I took the book out for my children," Eileen Issa wrote in her formal request for the book's removal from the library’s collection. "I believe the subject matter is very serious and should be [treated] with discretion, to honor the parents' morals and family values."
 * 7) **History of Censorship:**In response to //King & King//, Congressman [|Walter B. Jones] ([|R] - [|North Carolina]) proposed a law in 2005 called the Parental Empowerment Act, which would have established national boards composed of parents to review books purchased by elementary schools, and which would have prohibited states that did not do so from receiving federal education funding. "You can't ban the book," said Jones. "This is the only way to do it." The bill died in committee.
 * 8) Developmental age: 12-13


 * References**

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 * [|^]**[|"No two kings"]. //The Advocate//: p. 28. June 21, 2005.
 * __ ^ __**[|"H.R. 2295: Parental Empowerment Act of 2005"]. GovTrack. []