Beloved

Book- //Beloved// Author-//Toni Morrison// //Published-1987// //Genre-Fictional Novel// //Summary- This book is set in 1870', the main character Sethe because frightened after seeing two white men ride up to Sweet Home on horses. Her free is that her children will be sold and moved away from her.....this is after slavery but keep in mind many slaves did not understand that legally they were no longer to be sold and worked. Sethe attempts to protect her daughter by killing her. As the book continues Sethe is raising her daughter Denver whom is almost an adult when the ghost of her deceased daughter// Beloved returns. Sethe wants to appease Beloved. Things within the family home life begins to change for the worst. Beloved is terrorizing the home and becomes pregnant from Sethe's boyfriend Paul D. Denver ask the help of the people her and her mom once shut out to send the ghost of Beloved away. They assist, and the ghost disappears. Controversy- Emotional abuse, violence, sex, racism, and incest found within this book have been the labels that are said to make this a controversial story. This book is set for high school independent reading- 18+ This book has been challenged by St. Johns County Schools in St. Augustine, FL in 1995 then in Texas in 1996. http://bannedbookschallenge.blogspot.com/2010/04/beloved-by-toni-morrison-pauls-review.html