An effort has been made to put select books out of the reach of Lakeland students.
Lakeland Local decided to cast a spotlight on those books.
Title (Copies Removed)
Almost Perfect (7) |
Beloved (123) |
The Bluest Eye (59) |
Drama (59) |
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (7) |
George (Alex Gino) (4) |
I am Jazz (3) |
It’s Perfectly Normal (1)
Title (Copies Removed)
The Kite Runner (25) |
More Happy Than Not (7) |
Nineteen Minutes (19) |
Real Live Boyfriends (8) |
Thirteen Reasons Why (59) |
Tricks (15) |
Two Boys Kissing (3) |
The Vincent Boys (1)
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
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The Bluest EyeThe Bluest Eye is Toni Morrison’s first novel, a book heralded for its richness of language and boldness of vision. Set in the author’s girlhood hometown of Lorain, Ohio, it tells the story of black, eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove. Pecola prays for her eyes to turn blue so that she will be as beautiful and beloved as all the blond, blue-eyed children in America. In the autumn of 1941, the year the marigolds in the Breedloves’ garden do not bloom. Pecola’s life does change- in painful, devastating ways.
What its vivid evocation of the fear and loneliness at the heart of a child’s yearning, and the tragedy of its fulfillment. The Bluest Eye remains one of Toni Morrisons’s most powerful, unforgettable novels- and a significant work of American fiction.