ah. just to make my point clear, your point is equaly valad (exscuse my bad spelling) as mine. i can see why you think its apropreate for kids. its a scolastic book. but some of them joke about death, and mass death stuff (like 9/11), but to the kids who don't find it funny, don't have a grasp of death, i would advise them staying away from the novels. but take this with a grain of salt. im not the best at english, becase of my mental disibilitys, so i somtimes misuse words. I am looking forward to your counter argument.