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Christi asked this question about Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker:

Would this book be appropriate for a 13-year old ballerina who loves the Nutcracker? Or is it too mature of a read?

Mom Please do not recommend this book to a 13-yo ballerina. It is replete with troubling issues of sex--disgraced pregnant girls, unwanted babies, graphic…morePlease do not recommend this book to a 13-yo ballerina. It is replete with troubling issues of sex--disgraced pregnant girls, unwanted babies, graphic descriptions of a young man's erection, and incest as well as regular hetero- and homo- sexuality.(less)

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