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Bridge of Clay Author:  Markus Zusak  Themes:  Grief Love and Family Genres:  Realistic Fiction Recommended Age for Reading:  The language and content are strong.  The F word is used a lot, which is understandable with five brothers raising each other without adults ðŸ¤·.  I'd say the content is up to parental discretion.  Personally, I wouldn't want my children reading this book until they were in high school.  Also, I'm not going to keep this book in my class library.  If I were a high school teacher, it'd be one that I would strongly recommend my students to read, though. So many kids that age have already dealt with the loss of a parent and have had to experience raising themselves, so many could relate to the plot of this story.   Synopsis:  The story is told from the perspective of Matthew Dunbar who is the eldest of five brothers, but the story is about his brother, Clay.  A...