GLOUCESTER TIMES
By Tom Dalton | November 10, 2010

Jefell Campos, a junior at Salem Academy Charter School, drew stares yesterday as he walked down the school corridor.

“I decided to go all out,” said the 17-year-old, who was wearing red, white and blue one-piece pajamas and a Patriots stocking cap with dangling dreadlocks.

On most days, Campos would have been sent home.

But yesterday, he was a celebrity — one of 40 seniors and juniors taking part in “Banned Books Jim-Jam!” a nonstop reading of banned or controversial books. It was part educational sleepover (“Jim-Jam” is British slang for pajama party) and part living lesson about a precious freedom.

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Tags: Banned Books, Banned Books Week, Massachusetts, Schools

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