As I was shelving tonight, I came across a recent book published by ALA on censorship in libraries. The foreword is by Ellen Hopkins, a YA author well known for her books about tough topics: drug abuse, rape and childhood sexual abuse. Ms. Hopkins mentions receiving a letter from a former user, Kimber, a young girl about to enter college, who re-discovered the books Crank & Glass among her belongings, and decided to write a letter of gratitude to Ms. Hopkins for so closing nailing the experience of abusing drugs. She had first started using at 13 and finally stopped at 16, and appreciated the realism of the author, whose daughter had been addicted to crystal meth.
Ms. Hopkins goes on to relate several challenges to her books and author appearances at schools. Her focus is the importance of fighting censorship when it appears, instead of allowing it to happen. The ALA book is edited by two librarians (of course!) and judging from the foreword, appears to be an intriguing book.