My woke take, as someone who has worked in both a public library and a school library, is that we desperately need both more books that are at a higher reading level but a less mature subject matter, and more books that are at a lower reading level but a more mature subject matter, because 8 year olds who are advanced readers are still 8 year olds and don't want to read about graphic violence and torture, and teens and adults who have learning difficulties or who are just later readers for whatever reason are still teens and adults and don't want to read about Billy the Bunny going to school or whatever the hell.
I agree so much, because when I was little I had such a hard time reading since all the books that were given to me were super boring or super religious. I went to a Christian school growing up and they wouldn’t let you read or talk about anything that was even slightly magical/supernatural, I literally wasn’t even allowed to talk about Scooby Doo or My Little Pony.
