I thought that by confining the kids to nonfiction and young adult, the books they could choose would be mostly safe. There are some subjects in nonfiction that may be questionable, but at least what is written is the truth according to the writer and the publisher.
I told them about “The Nine Lives of Chloe King.” (See my “Nine Lives of Chloe King” review here.) I said that it was like “Catcher in the Rye” and “Lolita,” and grandma shouts out “12 o’clock noon!”
I am not sure what 12 o’clock noon has to do with anything that we were discussing. Grandma was laughing so hard that she couldn’t explain it, and mom said it was probably better not to ask.