The Da Vinci Code

I read this book when I was 11 and it's been one of my favourites ever since. Granted, I'm an avid reader, but I think kids will be engaged by this book all the same even if it is a little higher-end intellectually. Gives you a lot to think about, for sure. It does have some graphic images though, like this guy called Silas hitting himself with a spiky belt (I think) because he was under the illusion that enduring pain somehow was a kind of way to show that he loved God. However, that scene was in no way a mindless insertion of violence - it made me wonder about the power of belief and believing, and how there's more than meets the eye more often than not (for example, some may dismiss Silas' behaviour as insane but who's to say what insane is since he's simply believing in something and going by his own beliefs?) Some parts of the book may also have more vulgar words but no f-words, I'm sure. Controversy and religious issues aside, I think this book does have a rather intellectual theme that may require more thinking in order to understand. But 11 isn't too early to start reading such books because kids actually understand a lot more than some adults give them credit for (I personally think with almost the same complexity now as when I was 11). It's a good read and something different from the usual thriller, at least.

This is my favorite book. I bought it CHEAP at Walmart and read it right away. The book isn't excessively violent, but does have it's moments. Barely any language, couple of h and d words, no f bombs. Good religious discussions can come from this book.

This was a good book...I didn't agree with every conspiracy in the book..but all-in-all a phenomenal and well-written book.

This book is based off of no fact. It teaches that everything is fact. Its like a Democrat saying that we don't have the right to bear arms. Arms is guns idiots. This book doesn't use common sense.