Title: detailed sexual content
Review: Gary Paulsen is a talented author who has written many books for young readers to enjoy. However, I feel that this book is too explicit in the detailing of the strip show and the sex with Ruby to be placed in a young adult reading catagory. Books that are recommended as young adult should be acceptable reading choices for ages ten and up; my ten year old son has read two of Gary Poulsen's other "young adult level" books so far, they were introduced to his fourth grade class at school from his teacher. The material in "Beet Fields" is not at all appropriate for this age group and parents of youth need to be made aware of the contents of this book. Yes, the cover does show that it is about a summer of a sixteen year old; however, young Gary Poulsen fans will want to read everything by this author and as a parent I think other parents need to be made aware of the sexual content of this particular book, regardless of the age of their children.
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