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Currently reading this aloud to my 14 year old (while simultaneously listening to the adult version on audio) and I’d say the youth edition is similar but gets to the meat of the story more quickly. With that being said there is really no way my 14 year old or 12 year old son would read this on their own accord. Some of it is over their head because it’s a totally new concept.

I’ll be honest that I really prefer The Magician’s Nephew so much more for some reason! I’m over halfway through though so I will give it some more time.

I love when I sit down to start a read-aloud and everyone is complaining (the kids claim it is summer so we shouldn’t be doing “school”) and then one minute in, everyone is totally captivated, age 14 down to 8 (admittedly, my 6 year old wasn’t interested.) Also, this book begins during Polly and Digory’s summer vacation. What a perfect start to our summer reading!

This is such a sweet book! Doing as a read aloud for all of the crew, but I’d not hesitate to assign to a child in 4th grade and up.

Loving this series. I wish I had read it years ago!

Excellent so far—-definitely a book I could read again and again, and I’m not even all the way finished!