Is The Hobbit appropriate for a 12 year old?
For more general terms, The Hobbit was originally written as a children’s book, and it is very readable. You could start reading it to a kid between 4–8, and the kid should be able to read it for themselves between 8–12.
Can a 9 year old read The Hobbit?
From personal experiences, I can say that a child can be ready to begin reading the Lord of the Ring’s trilogy or the Hobbit as early as ten years old. Create riddles that can be solved by a child and role play as Gollum, allowing your children to answer the riddles. Hobbits love to eat, and so do children.