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Mark Goldshtein asked this question about The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1):
Is this book hard? I am thinking of picking this for my Grade 9 book club. I had a bad experience with Steven Erikson's Malazan Empire books, so is this book hard to understand/read?
Jody I would say that this might be a bit long for most 9th graders. The subject matter is not bad, but the size of the book might be a bit daunting. I wou…moreI would say that this might be a bit long for most 9th graders. The subject matter is not bad, but the size of the book might be a bit daunting. I would pick something more in the vein of Tolkien, Bradbury (The illustrated man, Martian Cronicles, Something Wicked This Way Comes) or maybe even Lisa Magnum (The Hourglass Door) or Diana Wynne Jones (The Chronicles of Chrestomanci or Howl's moving Castle) or even Orson Scott Card.(less)
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