He can read whatever--that's okay...I'm just concerned about what is going on in his head, YK? He was weeping about this--completely worked up about it. This kid! He seems so easy most of the time and then something like this will pop up.

I also wonder if someone told him he is too young to read what he reads, or something? Perhaps he is feeling the asynchronicity all of a sudden? Library trips have gotten weird because he and DD10 sometimes are reading the same things now. She is not emotionally ready for YA yet, so at times they're both reading the same types of higher-grade fantasy, though she certainly reads thing he would not due to topics and plot subtleties.