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ITT: Dark and Violent Children's Books 2016-08-09 13:24:13 Post No. 8377999
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Literature has a completely different standard than other media. You can aim books at kids and still feature people dying left and right or kids getting abused, which is impossible in other media like tv.
Note some dark books aimed at young audiences that you know of.
>I began reading Warrior Cats and it really is as violent as people say. Within the first four chapters there's at least one death and a lot of fighting.
>The Secret Life Of Bees has child abuse, suicide, racism, etc
>I haven't read Out of the Dust since I was in elementary but I remember it was very graphic in describing how the girl burned her mother with oil and how her mother's life was painful until she died.
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I heard Coraline was dark but I didn't notice anything particularly dark. Maybe for an eight year old but a ten year old probably wouldn't find it scary
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>>8378005
I remember reading it when i was about 11. There is a fucked up part about coraline alluding to masturbating and a slight against the jews. Interesting stuff.
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>>8377999
Anyone else think jk rowling went too far with the 5 page description of dumbledore touching harry in the private meeting?
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>>8378113
What? I read it a year ago and I didn't see any of that.
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>>8378005
It's all relative. The intended audience for Coraline is what, 8-12? It's not going to be as dark as a 'dark' book for teens.
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Neverending Story has suicide, war, deaths and people going insane. It's supposed to be for all ages though.
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>>8378133
I'm 20 so the film adaptation came out when I was pretty young. It wasn't scary then either.
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>>8378165
So, you were 13 when the film came out in 2009 if you saw it right when it came out. Meaning a kid in their early teens wasn't scared of an animated film for 10 year olds. Big deal.
It's not like I'm saying Coraline is super dark or scary either, just that you have to look at things in context when dealing with children's lit.
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>>8378175
Is three years that big a difference? Maybe mild body horror doesn't so it for me.
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>>8378192
>Is three years that big a difference?
When you're in you twenties? Not really. I'm 28, and the difference between me now and me at 25 isn't huge. But the younger you are, the bigger the difference will be. The difference between an 18 y/o and a 15 y/o is noticeable, between a 10 y/o and a 13 y/o is pretty big, and the difference between a 7 y/o and a 4 y/o is pretty huge.
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>>8378084
I heard that wasn't a kids book actually, but it's hard to tell.
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