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Renee Sloan asked this question about The Red Badge of Courage:
Would this be appropriate for 8th grade students?
Jeffrey W Brigham It's violent, bloody. I don't believe the author wrote this with the intention of having the 8th graders of the world studying it. The dialogue is bru…moreIt's violent, bloody. I don't believe the author wrote this with the intention of having the 8th graders of the world studying it. The dialogue is brutally hard to understand and must really be read closely. Plenty of other stuff for 8th graders to read, so I'd find something else. High school would be more appropriate I think.(less)
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