MD, as a Teacher Librarian (TL for short) I pretty much stick to that guideline age of characters as to what age is likely to be okay to stock in the library. I have worked in a R-12 school setting and in 8-12 school settings. I actually ummed and ahhed over actually getting the series into my high school where I currently work (okay on mat leave from). I wasn't so keen on getting the whole series (I haven't read them - no time so far) but had heard/read reviews that meant I wasn't keen on getting book 4 in but the bookseller I got the first 3 from accidentally gave me book 4 instead of book 1 and I only realised after it was processed so ended up with the whole series. I was lucky in the end that it was just Yr 10-12s that actually wanted to read the series and had asked for it to gotten in. I wouldn't have allowed access to it by students under Yr 9 in the R-12 school that I worked at. They have separate collections for R-3, 3-9, 10-12. Students can read down but not up (the Yr 8/9s can if they have parental permission). I would have been putting the twilight series in the oldest collection.
I don't think it's appropriate for a primary school library.







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