A lot of talk about bodies, corpses, death. At one point an entire herd of helpful unicorns are killed by the dragon.
There is a lot of talk about various means of execution- being burned alive, beheaded, etc. Some children have a hard time with these sorts of events. As they moan and cry out in agony, the reader realizes that the General did this so they couldn't run away from the dragon, "the camp heard the colonel and captain scream as they were eaten alive." Beloved characters ARE killed off, know this.
The implied sexual references and occasional swears do not bother me as much as scenes like this one from chapter 26: The General Marquis shoots two men in the foot with his pistol. Just because a kid CAN read these books does not mean that they SHOULD. She is in the 3rd grade, but reads at a 5th-grade level and some of her friends had read this series already. I love Chris Colfer and was excited to share him with my daughter. As a parent, a former educator, and therapist, I have real concerns about this series, and about this book in particular.
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