To not like school choice of book

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Since when has 10year old reading list been about murder, and torture (and rape but would hope that goes over their head)
Reading Viking Boy, heads have been severed and thrown on floor, lots of murder and now bodies have been tied to posts at low tide and left to drown slowly and their bodies left as a warning. Also talk about slaughtering lambs. Please tell me iabu and I'm over sensitive, I'm only a third of the way through the book.

Yabu, they're 10, not 2.

Not the rape bit, but that sounds like just the sort of thing my 9 year old would like. Indeed, if it truly us age appropriate on Amazon, I'll put it in my shopping g basket for my next trip to the UK.
My father has a set of horrible histories at his house (a "present") that are devoured every time we visit. Horrible geography is equally popular.
Sone kids enjoy the gruesome stuff, and books like this are a way yo get them reading when talking animals finding a new home leaves them unimpressed.

Op has admitted that she'd only watch Horrible Histories if 'brave enough'. Vikings were associated with 'raping and pillaging'. A book suitable for age 9+ would not have graphic descriptions of rape in it.

Read The Uses of Enchantment by Bruno Bettelheim. It explains the need for and way fairly grim topics are covered in fairytales such that children can begin to make sense of a sometimes cruel world.

Well written books like the Boy in Striped pyjamas help children understand. They actually reduce fear and anxiety rather than create it by giving information in a way a child can deal with. A ten year old watches the news and sees newspapers- they tend to report horrific crimes and stories. Do you jump up and turn over?

What about instead of saying the school aren’t supporting the child you assume he’ll be fine and you support him?

It'd probably irritate me as a medievalist, since it doesn't sound like very good history.

For ever! I was made to read Lord of the Flies and Day of the Triffids. This was a long time ago and I have a vivid imagination. They gave me horrendous nightmares aged 11. I recently re read To Kill a Mockingbird and that was fine - but the other two - no way!!