I was prereading this in hopes of using it for homeschool this year, but it felt all over the place and I feel like a lot of the time we would spend on discussion would simply be me telling abbreviated versions of the books and movies mentioned and we'd never get to actually learning to analyze literature. 

I feel like the author could have done a lot better at finding modern titles that are widely read by actual kids and still used classics to compare them to and this would have fit the intended audience a lot better. There are so many fantastic late elementary and middle grade books out there now that could have stood in and provided excellent frame of reference for a kid reading this book. 

But my eleven and eight year old haven't read Twilight yet. They're not interested in The Garden Party or what college students have to say about it.

I don't understand who the audience is supposed to be for this book, but it isn't 8-12 year olds. 🤷🏽‍♀️ Most titles mentioned are ones you'd expect high schoolers to be reading. 

A good concept that missed the mark because the content was not relatable to the intended audience. Although it does give a good list of book and movie ideas for kids to begin to look into at the end.