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A Stolen Life

Published on Nov 02, 2020

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

A Stolen Life

Ava Leslie  English 9  11 November, 2020  

Author Background

  • Born in Anaheim, California
  • Moved to South Lake Tahoe, California in 1991
  • She was only 11 when she was kidnapped
  • She has 2 daughters

Freytag Pyramid

  • Exposition- The author Jaycee Dugard
  • Rising Action- The morning of her kidnapping
  • Climax- Jaycee being kidnapped
  • Falling Action- How long will she be there?
  • Resolution- Will she be found, and rescued?

Butler Stats

  • 1990's/2000's 1 of 1500 banned
  • 1990's/2000's 1 of 200 banned
  • 1990's/2000's- 1 of 100 banned

Who banned my book

  • Superintendent Mike Paskewicz
  • New York corrections officials

When and Where was my book Banned

  • Originally reviewed and banned at Northview Public Schools.
  • It was banned on October 30th 2014
  • Removed from all middle school classroom libraries
  • New York State Corrections Facility

What commandments did my book break

  • Encouragement of "Damaging" Lifestyles
  • Sexual Situations or Dialog
  • Violence or Negativity
  • Age Inappropriate
  • Blasphemous Dialog

Why was my book banned

  • Page 140, “Phillip was afraid his parole agent would show up unexpectedly and he didn't want the agent to see where the girls came from.”
  • Page 31, sexual situation between Phillip and Jaycee.

Why was my book banned

  • Page 51, he first starts talking about "crank"
  • Page 52, “He has a little bag of white powder. I'm not sure what it is. Maybe that’s the crank he talked about. He shakes some out on the desk and uses a razor blade to chop it up a bit, then he puts it into a glass pipe and lights it and inhales from the other side.”

Why was my book banned

  • Page 57, talks about Phillip videotaping Jaycee doing different things
  • page 53, Phillip calls her different things during a "run"

Should or Should not be banned

  • Should not be banned
  • Teaches students a lesson
  • Age restriction

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