To be angry my yr3 DD has been given...

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...a teenage fiction book to read in school?

With at least one reference to sex according to my DD. Googling the book revealed it's target reading age is teenager / young adult. The synopsis of the entire plot is also extremely questionable as to suitability for a junior child (revolves around girls chasing dates, inc advertising themselves to boys, for a school dance).

Here's a review of one of the Zoe and Chloe books

www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/index.php?title=Zoe_and_Chloe:_Out_to_Lunch_by_Sue_Limb

(I had to look them up to see...)

Not explicit, just drivel about teen girls obsessed with "dreamy" boys and with themes including teens in relationships with married men by the sound of it - not really suitable for a 7 year old surely?

Wouldn't a school librarian usually have read / know a bit about/ skimmed / read reviews of all the books in a primary school library, or do schools not have librarians any more?

No librarian at our school!

Jux thank you for reminding me about 'At the Back of the North Wind'...a joy of a book.
I agree with the idea that confident readers can be challenged with some of the older texts...last year my then eight year old loved Tom's Midnight Garden. Whilst there is a place for the Walliams' of this world there are other styles too. I am reading the original Mary Poppins' stories to my 6 year old DC.
As for the Zoe and Chole....sounds like trash. How can it in any way be educational?

Hedgehog, thanksmyou for reminding me of Tom's Midnight Garden, which itself reminded me of The Midnight Folk! And then there's The Land of Green Ginger..... oh so many wonderful books!

2468, another fantastic book for young, but advanced readers, is The Phantom Tollbooth. Extraordinary book!

My 8yo DSS is a free reader and it irks me that no one is paying attention to what he's choosing each week. He always picks a factual book, which in itself is fine, but the other week he had a book about how TV's and Radiowaves work. He's a clever and competent kid, but the language was for a much older age range and although he could read the words, he couldn't understand what the book was teaching him. Factual books are fine as long as they're age appropriate, the same as fiction, just because you're a free reader shouldn't mean you get overlooked by the teaching staff, especially at such a young age, some sort of monitoring is necessary surely?!

Prime example of why librarians in primary schools would be a good thing!

When I was yr 2 I had read everything except the yr 6 library so had many of these types of book- no lasting damage was done but I perhaps was a bit too informed about certain more adult themes. If this is something you're wary of then YANBU but clearly she is a good reading level so well done to her. Which book is it by any chance ? X

My son was a very advanced reader from a young age. By the end of year 2 he was off the reading scheme and selecting books. That was fine most of the time but there were some books I sent back to school with a little note saying not suitable in our house. I took the view that I was his mother and while he was little I was responsible for developing his moral compass in life. If you think it isn't suitable you have every right to say so. He is now 14 and still reads loads of books. I cannot keep up with him now, but he is a sensible, thoughtful young man and his reading material is now his own choice.