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Title: Very inappropriate book for girls who are 9-11 years old
Review: I read this book out loud to my nine, almost ten year old, daughter, and we agreed to stop reading the book after the 5th chapter. We didn't like the negative portrayal of school administrators or teachers. We didn't like the number of preteens who were boy crazy. I bought this book at a school book fair after reading the back cover, thinking to myself, "this should be a great book to read to my daughter as she enters 5th grade." I was wrong. If this author really knows a world like the setting of "Eleven", I don't want to live there. My daughter and I could not relate to this book. The good news for my daughter and me: our neighborhood and her school environment are much more positive, life-affirming, and kind than the world that "Eleven" takes place in. So much for realistic preteen fiction.
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