Name the Banned Book Contest: Question 7

The Birmingham Public Library is conducting a contest to celebrate Banned Books Week, September 30-October 6. Check the BPL blog every day during Banned Books Week and guess the passage from a book that was banned in America. If you guess correctly, your name will go in a drawing for prizes and the winners will be announced on the blog Monday, October 8. Prizes include library totes, gift certificates to the Friends Bookstore, a Friends gift membership, and a book bag or T-shirt of your choice from the Friends Bookstore. Good luck! (BPL staff not eligible.)

Question 7: What horror novel is this passage from?

“Wendy? Darling? Light of my life. I'm not gonna hurt ya. I'm just going to bash your brains in."

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In her expose Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich goes undercover as a minimum wage earner to show how difficult it is for the working poor in America. She stops off in a number of cities, checks in at the cheapest lodgings, and gets work as a waitress, house cleaner, maid, home health aide, and Wal-Mart clerk.

Nickled and Dimed was removed from New Hampshire's Bedford School District's required Personal Finance course after two parents complained about the profanity, anti-Christian references, and negative portrayal of capitalism.