Jared Ramos     806                            "Age Rated Books Right or Wrong                                ELA

           

            The article "Age Rated Books: right or wrong," discusses how books should be age appropriate, like movies if it they are PG 13 or under. But Anne Fine, is against it she says that children feel the sense of achievement toward the end of books till they turn it around and see that the age is rated for 5+ and they're 8. The main interests of the article is how age rating books to be a let down for kids who thought the book was challenging at an older age than the recommended age on the book.

           

            Kids at the age of 8+ are finding that the books they read are challenging to them and when they are almost finished with the book they find that it is for the ages of 5+ which brings the children down making them not want to read. Anne Fine, thinks that, "why should the child of eight who struggles with dyslexia, or has English as a second language, or learning difficulties of any sort (and they are legion) struggle to the end of a book and feel their sense of achievement turn to humiliation as they see 5+ on the back? I understand exactly what Anne is trying to express in this article, she is trying to say that some adults might think that a book might be for that specific age group but really they don’t know, because they don’t know how kids are comprehending what they read.

            As others agree with age rating books how do they know what kids think? How do they know what the kids understand? These questions are mainly what Anne Fine is trying to explain, show and I agree with her. I agree because they have no clue what reading level the kids are, they don’t know the speeds of how fast the kids can read. So that is why I side with not having age on the back of the books so they don’t bring some kids down when they are almost finished.