My DS (just turned 7, Yr 2) has brought a book home for reading over the holidays that includes an episode which the characters want to become 'blood sisters' - prick their fingers, mix their blood, but decide not to in the end so write a letter in spit (having rejected 'boogers' to mix 'fluids'). DH and I raised an eyebrow at this - DS won't be finishing the book! He reads quite well so his books are reasonably advanced, but is this normal? The theme and content seemed too much for such a young child - the main story was about ghosts in the bathroom, and I'm not convinced that he's old enough for that, either. Am I really out of date on what junior fiction deals with?