Re: Target:Is Peck's book appropriate for grades 5/6

[tammyd <tammyd@lomira.k12.wi.us>]

Nancy,

I remember reading the book in Kiddie Lit and I don't think it was the
swears that most people object to.  I think it is more the fact that
they talk about the boy's pig copulating and being unable to bare a
piglet.  I believe the scene where they try to have the pig become
pregnant is very bothersome to some.    In the end of the book I think
they end up slaughtering the pig because it can't produce and the father
thinks they should get their money out of it.

I'm a liberal parent and have no problem with my own children reading
that type of literature at that age but I can see where it would come
under fire from more conservative parents.  I would probably not
recommend it until JH or SH.  In fact in our district it is kept at the
SH library.
--
Tammy Dineen,Library Media Specialist
Lomira High School, Lomira, WI
tammyd@lomira.k12.wi.us
"The coward dies a thousand deaths, the leader only one"

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