Started reading the Hobbit in Seventh grade. Didn’t make it through, but I skipped to the end. I’d seen the movie on TV. Finally got around to reading the ebook about a year ago. Fun read, if you remember it was a children’s story, unlike LotR.
I thought it was more intelligent than the modern children’s book. There are a lot of issues that I do not believe children of today would understand in the Hobbit. Especially the issues of war and peace and being brave and bold.