Some titles on the list may certainly be considered unsuitable for school-age readers. On Friday, the Education Ministry finally consented to MaltaToday’s request (made the previous Tuesday) and revealed last year’s selection of ‘objectionable’ books. It may surprise people even more to find out which books in particular were withheld on the recommendation of the SLS during 2010. “No fuss, no press comments, just a tete-a-tete with the teacher-librarians/s concerned and the book/s are normally retrieved by the school and exchanged for others.” “It may surprise people to know that on average some four to five books are withheld each week,” Mr Boffa wrote. In a letter to MaltaToday last Wednesday, SLS’s former director Joseph Boffa revealed that the number of books withheld from school libraries each year is considerably higher than previously supposed. It would appear that Mario Azzopardi’s Vampir is not alone in encountering resistance from the School Library Services.
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