Sorry about the delay in rolling this out. I had gotten some advice to do a slight revamp and reformat of my blog pages, to remove a bunch of lines and to make book covers clickable.

Monte Cristo for Kids??? Is that even possible? Surprisingly, it is. The reading group (different subreddit) had just spent a year reading a complete, unabridged Monte Cristo (Robin Buss translation). Maybe you might know, of have a few kiddos, and you're eager to share our favorite book with them, but they're not ready for Robin Buss.

We know it's an incredibly complex story, with a multitude of characters and constantly interweaving subplots. Is there a version that kids can enjoy and still get the gist of the story? Something that's not utterly toothless and still has (some of) the murders?

https://abbreviatedmontecristo.blogspot.com/2021/09/section-two-monte-cristo-for-kids.html