Avi Book Banned

The Fighting Ground (Lippincott, 1984) by Newbery Award-winning author Avi was banned from all elementary library shelves at Florida's Bay District Schools in Panama City.

The school board voted 3 to 2 to remove the book, even though a review committee disagreed with a parent's complaint that its profanity was inappropriate. The book—about a 13-year-old boy during the Revolutionary War—may not be gone for long, though. The ban was only in effect until June 30, the official end of the school year.