A Northern Light — Content Guide for Parents
Found in this book
- ViolenceSupporting
- Scary contentBrief
- Race & cultureSupporting
- ProfanityBrief
- Sexual contentBrief
- Gender rolesCentralTraditional roles, Challenges traditional roles
Not found
- Religion
- Climate
- Gender & orientation
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Religion
PRESENTContains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.
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Frequently asked questions
Is A Northern Light appropriate for a 7-year-old?
A hotel guest is killed by her lover, who hits her with a tennis racket and drowns her; a woman is attacked near the end, and a boy is quick to fight when insulted. A young woman's drowned body is found in the lake, and a reviewer says childbirth is described in horrifying detail.
Does A Northern Light have violence?
Found (Supporting): A hotel guest is killed by her lover, who hits her with a tennis racket and drowns her; a woman is attacked near the end, and a boy is quick to fight when insulted.
Does A Northern Light have scary content?
Found (Brief): A young woman's drowned body is found in the lake, and a reviewer says childbirth is described in horrifying detail.
Does A Northern Light have religion?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does A Northern Light have race & culture?
Found (Supporting): Mattie's best friend Weaver is the only Black boy in the area and faces racial slurs and prejudice from townspeople and travelers.
Does A Northern Light have profanity?
Found (Brief): One reader says the book contains some swearing.
Does A Northern Light have climate?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does A Northern Light have sexual content?
Found (Brief): A man at the hotel exposes himself to the waitresses, and a married man is having an affair; Grace's unmarried pregnancy is also part of the story.
Does A Northern Light have gender roles?
Found (Central, Traditional roles, Challenges traditional roles): Mattie wants college and a writing career while her father, aunt and suitor expect her to stay and run the farm and family or become a wife.
Does A Northern Light have gender & orientation?
Not found in the sources we checked.
