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[quote=Anonymous]We read it with our 3rd grader. I think it would be okay for a mature 3rd grader to read on their own, but some of the concepts are a bit mature and we wanted to be available to answer questions and talk it through. Tbh, the stuff about race wasn't hard at all because at this point they've talked about racism and civil rights at school and at home (usually) and know that history. But the boys in the book go through some difficult stuff and there are adults who are abusive, and even having read lighter fare that touches on abuse and neglect, Holes was a bit more serious and realistic than those books and needed a bit more context.

I think it's a great book for kids to read at this age, though. We always try to read books with heavier subject matter with our kids at this age, but we think it's important to still read them. They used to read more books in school with the teacher but that's been diminished in favor of other things (more science and social studies, which is great, but also more short passages for test prep, which is not). I am trying to pick up the slack at home because the heavy books I read in school at this age (Bridge to Tarabithia, Little Women, the Little Princess) were very formative for me.[/quote]

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