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Title: All thumbs down for Walk Two Moons
Review: I read this book as it is required reading for my 5th grader this year in school While the book is well written and contains a complex plot the story and characters are extremely disturbing. The characters in the story is psychologically unstable and live in a paranoid state (example: Phobe believes her neighbor Mrs. Cadaver is an axe murder and has murdered her husband). The adult role models in the story have complex problems and either have walked out on their children without explanation, and one Mom is living in a mental institution. The book also contains graphic detail of a stillborn birth. I do not think this book should be qualified as childrens literature. The issues discussed in the book are serious, and far too numerous for a child younger than age 14 - regardless of "how mature" your child may appear. I strongly recommend that parents read this prior to putting it into the hands of their kids!
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