What's your opinion of Jack London?
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What's your opinion of Jack London?
What's your opinion? Good children's lit? Or too harsh for kids? (I think you can guess my opinion, lol.)
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(PS: I think this may be better in the Author forum).
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Personally, I think Jack London is ok for older kids. I say that because I think I was 11 or 12 when I read To Build a Fire for the first time, and I was ok with it (and I was a pretty sensitive kid). It's a little disturbing, but if you've spent any time in places high up north like that, you'll know that there's a lot of truth in the his description of the harshness of that environment, and that it is nothing to be trifled with. I wouldn't call it fun reading for kids, but it's good educational reading.
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