Post by broncosman on Jul 20, 2018 12:12:54 GMT
Back when I was a kid,I remember finding this one book at the school library which had some rather odd themes for a children's novel,to say the least. The story was focused around a teen boy,who was maybe around 13 or 14 years old,and him hitting puberty,having a sexual awakening and lusting after a neighbour girl. A key element of the story that I remember is the fact that he repeatedly peeps on her while she's changing and sees her topless,as her house is right across from his and so he can get a clear view of her window. He watches her undress and has lustful fantasies,touches himself ect. One thing I clearly remember happening in the story is that his birthday is coming up soon,so he lies to his parents that he's taken up birdwatching as a new hobby so that they will get him binoculars for his birthday,which he would use to get an even better view of the neighbour girl. It works and he gets the binoculars. I also remember there being another part where an older boy who was either a friend or his brother,I don't remember that clearly, teaches him about masturbation and wet dreams. I would really like to find this book just to try to figure out what the heck the reasoning/purpose behind a book like this was,because it seems REALLY inappropriate. Especially considering the fact that I found this when I was in 6th grade,around 12 years old,in the ELEMENTARY school library. Who thought that this was something appropriate for elementary aged kids,or even older children? Sure,there are a lot of sex education books aimed at pre-teens and teens which pretty much just explain the basics of going through puberty in a straight-forward fashion. That's NOT what this is. This is a fictional story about a boy's sexual awakening,which from it's tone,didn't seem to be trying to impart any sort of educational message to the young reader like a sex education book would. However,from what I can remember,though it's not educational,the tone of the book is quite serious,the author did not go for a comical/entertaining angle either. The boy's emotions and his lustful fantasies were presented in a serious way. I'd say the strangest thing about it is how the boy's peeping is never condemned in any way,he never gets caught/punished for it or anything. Instead,it's treated like it's a "good" thing, a "positive experience". It's like the author was promoting voyeurism 0.o .