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War of the Worlds - I see it listed for SOTW 4 and wonder


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if this is appropriate for a 10/11 year old dc. I have not read it but it sounds scary from the review. Please let me know your thoughts/experience with H.G. Wells. Thanks.
I think I'd read everything by Wells by that age. I didn't find it terribly frightening, but YMMV.
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You might read it yourself - it's not long. I'm sure it depends on the sensitivity of your dc, but my oldest read it at about 10 and loved it.

 

If you do go ahead and read it, you should check out the radio broadcast, as well. But not the Tom Cruise movie ;-)

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She didn't think it was that scary. She's read all the Harry Potter books and lots of other fantasy/science fiction books. And, dad let her watch the movie :glare:, so she thought the movie was much scarier than the book.

 

She really wants to read Frankenstein, but I remember being scared reading that in high school and haven't had time to re-read it yet, so I keep turning her down.

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My son just turned 12 and really loved the book! He was a little freaked out and slept with the dog a couple of nights. What really freaked him out was the movie! If I had it to do over, I wouldn't have let him watch it. We have a deal if he reads the book (unabridged classic versions) he gets to rent the movie.:lurk5:

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She really wants to read Frankenstein, but I remember being scared reading that in high school and haven't had time to re-read it yet, so I keep turning her down.

 

My 12 y/o, then 11 y/o read it last summer. I just asked him if it were scary and he said no. He likes horror/sci-fi/war stuff though. He would tell me all that was happening and he actually cried at the end! He couldn't help himself after Frankenstein felt such remorse for his actions. There is quite a bit of killing that goes on, so you would have to make it your decision. There is a lot of thought provoking, moral issue dilemmas to talk about. I didn't read the book but I do remember having deep conversations with my son about it when he was reading it. Just thought I would let you know my son liked it! :)

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