Felix Childress answers “Is this book appropriate for middle...”

Mary Ellen asked this question about Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1):

Is this book appropriate for middle schoolers?

Felix Childress In my personal opinion (and no hate to you), if children during the Holocaust were seen as old enough to be the perpetrators of heinous crimes against…moreIn my personal opinion (and no hate to you), if children during the Holocaust were seen as old enough to be the perpetrators of heinous crimes against humanity and were therefore worthy of death, torture, and experimentation, then children today are old enough to learn of the things that the Nazis did in their entirety. Sugarcoating what really happened during the Holocaust to make it "child-friendly" is simply dishonest. Yes, it's a heavy, sobering book that requires a lot of maturity. But so is every single other book worth reading about the Holocaust. (less)

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