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maddie-grove · 2 years ago

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As a child, I once threw up into my grandparents’ sink because of a grody medical scene in Karen Hesse’s middle-grade free-verse historical novel Out of the Dust. I almost puked again when I steeled myself up and read it as a teenager, and I might puke again if I read it today. I gave away one of my Goosebumps novels in fourth grade because the cover was too scary (and also because the story wasn’t as good as the cover, lol) (par for the Goosebumps course). I was a total weenie (who also loved reading about grody shit), but I still think kids should basically get to read whatever. Freedom means puking in a sink sometimes.

#what really puzzles me is my visceral reaction to the scene in the giver #where Jonas experiences pain from crashing his sleigh #that is so far from the book’s most upsetting scene!#I had personally experienced that level of mild pain just from ordinary childhood accidents and illnesses #I think around that time I literally mildly injured myself while tobogganing #and I didn’t give a shit #but Jonas goes through it and I’m like I need to step away #Lois Lowry is just that good maybe #books #reading

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