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Title: Guns and Thugs Oh My!
Review: The outsiders is a really good book for reluctant readers, especially boys. In todays society with all the broken families, the subject rings true; there are many more kids out there raising each other than one might suspect. Even a child of a single parent will also be drawn into this book. If you get it on the Kindle edition, you might want to go through it first and highlight the slang words -- then make notes for your kids- who might not know what a "heater" is. The built in dictionary will not help with the slang. My son read this book in about two weeks, which for him is really really good. It is hard to get him to read anything longer than a magazine article. We bought the Kindle edition, and he was hooked within a few "pages".There are some unsettling topics covered, but it was not a drawback; it actually helped spark discussion about what makes a family, and why some older siblings might choose to raise their younger siblings if they felt it was necessary.
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