So, children series or not?

[imamommy at sbcglobal.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 120511


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at m...> 
wrote:
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> > Sandy
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>  The AR  (Accelerated Reader -- a reading comprehension program 
they 
> use in schools in the U.S.) level ranges from 5.5 for SS to the 
> upper 6's  for the next 3; and 7.2 for OOTP. (as far as I can tell, 
> the reading  level is basically grade level, based on median 
readers 
> for that grade level). In my public library, books 1-3 are shelved 
> as juvenile lit; 4 and 5 as teen lit.
> > My third grader and several classmates have read and passed the 
> tests on several of the books; the best reader in the class has 
> completed  all five. 
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> Potioncat:
> The public library in my area shelves the books in several 
different 
> areas.  But you're saying that those 3rd graders are reading at 5th 
> grade and above and I would agree.
> 
> I do agree that the books can be read at many different levels.  
> Probably far more than JKR ever imagined.  But I'm also sure she 
put 
> levels into these books. 
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> Potioncat

imamommy:
Someone help, because I can't find the quote, but didn't JKR say 
something (answering queries about the themes being age appropriate 
for children) that basicaaly stated she was writing the story that 
was in her, without purposely dumbing it down for kids, but that she 
felt the average 9 year old would be able to handle it?

I wish I'd had these books when I was nine, instead of Sweet Valley 
High!

imamommy