Account of the abduction of three children by their estranged father.
How Do You Spell Abducted?
Author: Cherylyn Stacey
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About the Work
Challenges in Canada
1996—An Alberta MLA, Julius Yankowksi, called for the banning of the book after reading a negative review by Toronto journalist Michael Coren. Both men called for the withdrawal of provincial and federal government grants for the publisher, Red Deer Press.
Objection—Coren said the novel was no more than hate literature against men. The story, aimed at readers 10 to 12 years of age, is an account of the abduction of three children by their estranged father.
Update—By the fall of 1999, the novel had sold 12,000 copies, and no further attempt had been made to ban the book or cut government grants to Red Deer Press.