There is BIG trouble a'brewing in Humble, Texas.

Ellen Hopkins was de-invited from the Teen Lit Fest in Humble, Texas.

Pete Hautman, Tera Lynn Childs and Matt de la Pena have withdrawn from the festival in solidarity.

Both posts are very much worth reading.

ETA:  According to Amy Kathleen Ryan's blog, Melissa de la Cruz has also pulled out.
ETA:  And according to her own blog, she has.
ETA:  Tera Lynn Childs on her decision to withdraw.
ETA:  Saundra Mitchell.
ETA:  Pete Hautman, Part Two.
ETA:  The Smart Bitches.
ETA:  School Library Journal.
ETA:  Houston Press.
ETA:  Publishers Weekly.
ETA:  Tera Lynn Childs at Romantic Times Book Review.
ETA:  Todd Strasser on why he IS going to the TLF.
ETA:  Roger Sutton.  (Heh heh heh.)