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Reply to ""Lord of the Flies" - in TENTH grade?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This book is for ages 13 and up. I think I read it around 5th grade. By Sophmore year in HS we were reading Ethan Fromme and the Scarlet Letter. Maybe Grapes of Wrath. My kid in a DC metro area public HS is reading Lord of the Flies for English Class. Seriously? Talk about dumbing it down to the lowest common denominator![/quote] The book is a classic and good to read during k-12. What matters is the class discussions, essay writing and dissection of then books genre, style, tone, characters, themes, etc. Frankly it’s one of those books one should reread every 10 years. Unf I had to read Faust in HS and college. I understand that OP is concerned that the book is not “difficult enough,” but see above. Walden pond, Moby dick, etc were such slogs to read. [/quote]
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