Bridge to Terabithia??

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  • July 17, 2014 at 7:22 pm
    Paula Spicer
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    I was wanting by 8 year old boy to read this in the upcoming year.  I was looking at a summary of it and saw that is a”frequent target of censors”, etc.  Does anyone know why?  I sometimes have to mark out words like in Peter Pan and James and the Giant Peach, but that’s not a big deal.  Just didn’t want him to read something that might corrupt him 😉

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    Paula

    July 17, 2014 at 8:54 pm
    andream
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    I read it when I was a kid an loved it. I am wondering if the problem is that one of the main characters (a child) has a tragic death, it is pretty heavy emotional material for a child. I think you just have to know when your child is ready for that kind of topic. Also, I don’t think the characters were Christians and so the subject of death was not really talked about in a Christian “spiritual” context. I have a nine year old and I will wait with that book and be aware that we may need to have some conversations about death and dying from a Christian viewpoint. You might want to preread it for yourself and see what you think.

    July 17, 2014 at 9:18 pm
    Monica
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    CommonSenseMedia.org has a review of the book and recommends it for ages 9 and up.

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