[HPforGrownups] Harry's happy death(Was Re: Harry, Sirius Black, and the...

[Pamela Rosen]

No: HPFGUIDX 162087

Inge:
I can only speak for myself, but personally I would not read Harry 
Potter 4-5-6 to a 7-year old...<snip>

Pam:

My 7 year old son and I are just about to complete Book 4 (ever try to read every word of the books out loud?) and I must admit,  I am not looking forward to read 5 and 6 to him.  He wants to, of course, but I know he's going to take Sirius' death very hard.  He sat up with hopeful attention every time Sirius sent an owl to Harry throughout GOF. 

He seemed to take GOF pretty well, though. In fact, while discussing it with him the other day, he theorized that the reason that Voldemort didn't die when the AK deflected off of baby Harry and bouched back to Voldemort was that Voldemort "put some of himself" in Harry so that Voldemort couldn't die if part of him lived in Harry.  The kid has never heard the word "horcrux" nor has he ever dreamed that a huge group of adults from all over the world were discussing that very idea.  So that tells me right there that 7 year olds can "get it."

Generally, I cannot complain about any books that can teach my son about friendship, morality, consequences, that not everyone is as they seem, not everyone is nice, bad guys are hard to spot, and to remain "ever vigilant."  I have no problem with that at all. As for scarieness...he's seen worse on The Power Rangers.

Pam

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