tntgoodwin Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 (edited) http://www.christianbook.com/whatever-happened-penny-candy-sixth-edition/richard-maybury/9780942617627/pd/258627 CBD says 9-12 years old...is that accurate? Edited July 29, 2011 by tntgoodwin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parias1126 Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Yes, my DD used it in 11th grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tntgoodwin Posted July 29, 2011 Author Share Posted July 29, 2011 So, at 16-17 ish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsiew Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Ummm... if it says "ages 9-12" I think that might be a bit young. My uncle gave it to me in high school and it was appropriate for me then. I would say "9-12th GRADE" would be more accurate. JMO... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 I looked through it at a bookstore. I would say more like 11-12 and up. I just looked out of curiosity and Amazon says grade 8-10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Never. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Never. Bill :iagree: It went back to Goodwill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 :iagree: It went back to Goodwill. Some books are better composted ;) Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Never. Bill Okay, now you have to tell us why :) In my own neck of the woods, I only hear good things about the Uncle Eric books. This is one of them, right? My hubby read one about economics (I forget the name), and he thought it was good. He told me that that book explained in much clearer terms what his university professors were trying to explain to him for two years (he has a BS in Business). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tntgoodwin Posted July 29, 2011 Author Share Posted July 29, 2011 I imagine Bill will say they are fringe propaganda. He doesn't believe in Austrian Economics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 I imagine Bill will say they are fringe propaganda. He doesn't believe in Austrian Economics. Pretty much. I don't believe in Ayn Rand or Austrian Economics, or in subjecting children to fringe propaganda written by a professional conspiracy theorist. Maybury, to his credit, does not hide the fact that he is out to indoctrinate children to his extremist world-view, he is proud of the fact and exclaims it in the introduction to his book. The Uncle Eric books are pure propaganda. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tntgoodwin Posted July 29, 2011 Author Share Posted July 29, 2011 For a while there, most people believed the world was flat. Just because something is fringe doesn't mean it is wrong. ;) But to each his own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 For a while there, most people believed the world was flat. Just because something is fringe doesn't mean it is wrong. ;) But to each his own. Let's just settle on our "common ground" agreement that Maybury is fringe. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloversandlions Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Our homeschool group did a study of this book over the summer when the kids were between 10 and 12 (most of the kids were between 4th/5th grade, or 5th/6th grade). The kids loved it, and learned a lot. FWIW, most of the parents are libertarians, or close enough. I think it's a fantastic book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Okay, now you have to tell us why. Whether or not I agree with a writer, I cannot stand a style of, for lack of a better term, simplified, sarcastic jingoism (I'm applying jingoism well beyond its standard meaning). Too much like talk radio in print. If I read something and I can hear the pounding of a fist on a podium behind it, I don't go on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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