Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Parents beware of mature content! This book was assigned as required summer reading for my 9th grader who is 14. Thankfully I read it before him so we can discuss the content prior to him reading. Themes include sneaking behind parents backs to engage in sexual activity, masturbation, physical abuse, smoking pot, underage drinking, turning your back on God and questioning the Bible and having a gay sibling. Some of the pages were outright embarrassing for me to read because they sounded like porn! I can’t imagine a 9th grade English class discussing them. This is not one I would pick to Illustrate how to live morally in a sinful society. And it shouldn’t be a required reading for an entire 9th grade high school, in my opinion.