Customer Reviews

The Bones in the Cliff (Laurel-Leaf Books)

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This book was great. It was the best and it was a very great thriller. If a hitman was after me dad I don't think I would be as brave as Pete!

My fourth grader brought The Bones in the Cliff home from the library. It is rated as a 4th grade reading level book by Accelerated Reader, but I don't think the story is appropriate for kids that age. The book references many grown up problems: alcoholism, mental illness, divorce, prostitution, suicide, murder-for-hire, and there were three curse words. The four adults in the story are all deeply flawed and/or scary: Dad - alcoholic and abusive, Mom - mentally ill and in an asylum, Frankie - a hit man who shoots the Dad and who chases and shoots at the nine year-old boy, Grandma - nice but smokes "ciggies" and has a daily afternoon martini, very dry with a twist of lemon. The plot is not much of a mystery: father and son are on the run from hitman. The hitman eventually shows up and tries to kill them. That's the story.

The Bones in The Cliff

This is one of my favorite books. It was one of James Stevenson's books. I think he is a pretty good writer. I like how he worded the whole book. He really makes things interesting. There really wasn't anything I didn't like about his book. It isn't a very long book either, that's something I like. I like the types of book that are interesting but not a very lengthy book. Most of the books I've read have been real long and don't get interesting. That's why I like books from Stevenson. I would recommend this book to anyone over any other book in the library.

This book is inappropriate for the elementary aged reader. The book makes reference to Hookers and how they dress. It also uses extremely offensive language on at least 10 occasions. Most parents do not want their children using this language, let alone reading it. The cover and the title of the book would make you believe this is a good children's mystery. Don't fall for it!