Paul, Big and Small

• It contains crude language or jokes
• Children younger than high school age talking about or being focused on dating, crushes, and/or kissing is made to seem normal and acceptable
• Teenagers being obsessed with crushes and/or having serious romantic relationships is a focus of the book
• An unhealthy, shallow view of romance is portrayed as normal and acceptable, such as kissing without any commitment, romance based on physical attraction alone, or promoting the idea that romantic emotions can be so strong you are “unable” to make good decisions
• Negative attitudes toward school, teachers, and/or learning are made to seem normal and acceptable
• Children lying to or hiding things from their parents is made to seem normal and acceptable
• Insulting others, name calling, frequent use of unkind language, and/or frequent arguing are made to seem normal and acceptable
• It contains violence that is gruesome, detailed and/or frequent throughout the book

Note: most of the books on the Books That Didn’t Make the Booklist list have not been reviewed completely. They may have been reviewed only through a Kindle search and/or through reading sections of the book. The concerns listed may not represent every concern in the book.