Foremost: Eww! There is way too much detail about the former sex lives of Oskar's grandparents. That said, it can be easily avoided by not reading the chapters that are their letters. Just skip those letters from the grandparents and you'll get a clean story - of Oskar.
I found Oskar's part of the story engaging and educational. He makes a lot of thought provoking friends and is a very observant child. The most interesting moments of the story for me where when someone else was talking to Oskar about death. His father died before the story begins, and Oskar is on the hunt for a message or clue from his dad. Death and talk of death is sprinkled meaningfully throughout the narrative. It is interesting to think about it from Oskar's point of view, then incorporate the comments into one's own point of view.
I'm labeling this one as "not recommended" because of the sex, but if you skip those chapters that are letters from the grandparents, it's clean.
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