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The Sledding Hill
(2005, Fiction - School, Written by Chris Crutcher)
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Not age appropriate for kids under 11, age appropriate for kids over 12; suggested age 12. -
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Common Sense says
Ghost boy tells the story of a book-banning.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 12 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About The Sledding Hill
Parents need to know that while he carefully avoids language, sex, violence, etc. in his own story, the author refers to it in other stories. He is being deliberately provocative here in a way that will trouble some parents, especially religious fundamentalists. He also loads the deck pretty heavily -- this is a diatribe, not an invitation to two-sided discussion.
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Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about many issues addressed in this book: censorship, church/state division, racism, and more. Parents can ask their kids if it's ever right to ban a book, if there should be any restrictions on what children read, if religion has a place in school, and where the rights of each individual and family begin and end.
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Important topics
If you are an advocate of free thinking, this book is great for you; otherwise, you're better off reading something safer. The concept of blind faith is examined closely, and Crutcher is careful to state that fundamentalists are in no way evil. Some important topics in this book are: death, faith, peer pressure, disabilities and censorship.
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