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Averageplayerzac t1_itya985 wrote

I think there’s a pretty delicate balance to be struck between letting kids read what they’re already interested and pushing them to engage with material that’s outside of their comfort zone, having read many of those same books you listed I found them prettt important in broadening my conception of what literature was. I didn’t always love them but even the books I probably wouldn’t have picked myself and perhaps didn’t even really enjoy often had something valuable in terms of exposing me to different styles of prose, perspectives or historical contexts and I frankly think that’s just as important.

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