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I am a young adult reader - 16 years old, but I normally read adult books. (Which you can't really tell from my 'my books' list which is mostly young adult books right now, I'm still working on it, just joined)




I just posted a long reply to the WRONG person, so here goes again. I'm a newly retired high school English teacher. After reading THE BOOK THIEF, I recommended it to several freshman English teachers. We all agreed that the boys would be a tougher "sell" for this novel, not the girls. We also thought that the length could be daunting, and I presume you might be hesitant at the 7th grade level for the same reasons. However, if you've got a group of high readers or an honors level group, go for it. It's such a fantastic book, and I still think about it after many months and many other "reads" in between.
Good luck,
Linda

The length is a bit scary and I was worried about the language a LITTLE bit. I know they hear worse words than asshole!
I do have some very good readers that I know would love it!
THANK YOU!




Have you finished the Book Thief yet? I am stuck in the middle too... and worried about what might come next. Although, from the responses to your message, it looks like it's worth it. Let me know if you continue!


So we did. We read it allow as a family and the boys just kept wanting more. This book led A. to read "The Messenger" on his own. So I would say boys can and do go for this one.

Call me geeky if you will. :)

And as to the whole 7th grade not mature enough possibility, well I think they'd love it but it might cause them to start cursing in German...

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