Is a children's book up to but not including YA? I was probably a pre-teen when I read it, but I don't know what the target age is seen as.
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§ ita § - Aug 10, 2011 3:20:55 pm PDT #15893 of 28352
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
flea - Aug 10, 2011 3:22:09 pm PDT #15894 of 28352
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I read it in 8th grade, and I was not ready, personally. But I think it is commonly assigned at that age.
DawnK - Aug 10, 2011 3:25:57 pm PDT #15895 of 28352
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I think that my kids read it in 7th grade so not "children's book" like say, Splat the Cat or Diary of a Wimp Kid but certainly a middle-school book (also,TKAM is probably my most favorite book ever!)
Amy - Aug 10, 2011 3:26:02 pm PDT #15896 of 28352
Because books.
When I hear "children's book" I generally think under twelve. But that might just be me.
-t - Aug 10, 2011 3:35:22 pm PDT #15897 of 28352
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I wouldn't call it a children's book, no.
Hm, $50 day pass + 6-7 hours of driving for a reading . . . I'll have to think about that.
Eta: if "children's" includes YA, then maybe. The two are distinct in my mind.
zuisa - Aug 10, 2011 3:47:58 pm PDT #15898 of 28352
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We read To Kill a Mockingbird in my Honors English class in 9th grade. But I definitely would have understood it younger. I don't think I'd call it a children's book.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 10, 2011 4:22:03 pm PDT #15899 of 28352
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We read it in 11th grade as an outside reading. We had a choice between TKM, Catcher in the Rye, and Of Mice and Men. I think I could have read it younger, but the themes were teen appropriate, I think, even though viewed through the lense of younger children.
megan walker - Aug 10, 2011 4:48:11 pm PDT #15900 of 28352
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Someone on G+ posted a question asking for everyone's favorite children's book, and listed To Kill a Mockingbird. I love that book, but I wouldn't call it a children's book, right?
Nathan Branford had that on his blog today and I thought the same thing. Especially with today's YA category, I always assume "children's book" means well below teen years.
Amy - Aug 10, 2011 5:00:57 pm PDT #15901 of 28352
Because books.
That's who it was on G+!
Strix - Aug 10, 2011 8:53:12 pm PDT #15902 of 28352
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I would term it a classic with a child protagonist and a child's POV. I don't think it falls as YA, per se, but I think it's very germane to inclusion on MS/HS reading lists.