Although Wonderland is billed by Waterstones as: “addressing issues of mental health, gender and privilege” this is a radically sanitised description, and we found the book to be every bit as inappropriate as our parent said – as affirmed by the good women of this Mumsnet thread. Having some cursory knowledge of this book, we had our ex-English teacher reviewer read it so that you – and your kids – do not have to. However, both Waterstones and Amazon UK label this book as suitable for 12+. Key Stage Four varies from school to school and covers the age range for GCSEs. The school librarian recommends the book for Key Stage Four readers. Yet according to Wikipedia, Dawson is the author of 22 books not the hallmark of marginalisation. The rationale offered by the school for stocking such books was that the authors come from marginalised groups. One of our parents discovered that Juno Dawson’s book Wonderland is stocked in their child’s secondary school library.
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