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Choosing Books for 11 yr old dd

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taptonaria27 · 26/12/2015 21:52

How do I assess the content of books for my dd? She got a kindle for Christmas but I am struggling to know whether the content will be appropriate, I am not overly precious but there are things I don't want her reading in too much detail yet

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schmalex · 29/12/2015 17:37

You could look at somewhere like lovereading4kids perhaps?
This is the disadvantage of buying via Amazon rather than a bookshop where they can advise you and will also shelve it by rough age group.

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FrozenPonds · 29/12/2015 17:41

Google 'common sense media'.

It has reviews and content guidance for loads of books, films, games etc.

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mareseatoatsanddoeseatoats · 29/12/2015 17:49

Read it first? That's what I do if I'm not sure. Mostly I read the reviews on Amazon if it's an author/book I'm not familiar with. DD is 10.5 and wanted to read hunger games so I read it first to see what I thought. Her kindle is linked into my Amazon account though which makes it much easier. I have also put the parental control things on her kindle and she can't buy directly from her kindle .

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happyanddappy · 30/12/2015 16:05

second lovereading4kids if you don't want to read everything first - is a great site.