Borders has declined to display the new YA novel Pop! written by Aury Wallington. Jessa Crispin (known for her blog, Bookslut) asks whether or not Borders is doing so as a result of the sexual content. Wallington wrote the book so young adults would have a book (about a seventeen-year-old virgin and her quest to have sex) to turn to for the difficult questions about sex. Wallington said, "I wanted to write a book that would serve a new generation of girls the way Judy Blume's Forever served me—answering questions that I was too embarrassed to ask anyone, and showing the emotional issues of sex and virginity through a character I could identify with."
Meanwhile, Borders says you can special order the book through them... but Barnes and Noble has agreed to carry it -- so order it there.
10.27.2006
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