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Always and Forever, Lara Jean — Content Guide for Parents

By Jenny HanSimon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersISBN 9781481430494336 pages
Always and Forever, Lara Jean

Found in this book

  • ProfanityBrief
  • Sexual contentSupporting
  • Gender & orientationBrief

Not found

  • Violence
  • Scary content
  • Religion
  • Race & culture
  • Climate
  • Gender roles

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Religion

PRESENT

Contains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.

About this book

“Sweetly funny.” —Entertainment Weekly

New York Times bestselling author

Lara Jean’s letter-writing days aren’t over in this surprise follow-up to the bestselling To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and P.S. I Still Love You.

Lara Jean is having the best senior year a girl could ever hope for. She is head over heels in love with her boyfriend, Peter; her dad’s finally getting remarried to their next door neighbor, Ms. Rothschild; and Margot’s coming home for the summer just in time for the wedding.

But change is looming on the horizon. And while Lara Jean is having fun and keeping busy helping plan her father’s wedding, she can’t ignore the big life decisions she has to make. Most pressingly, where she wants to go to college and what that means for her relationship with Peter. She watched her sister Margot go through these growing pains. Now Lara Jean’s the one who’ll be graduating high school and leaving for college and leaving her family—and possibly the boy she loves—behind.

When your heart and your head are saying two different things, which one should you listen to?

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Always and Forever, Lara Jean appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    The book uses strong words including the f-word and s-word, which one reviewer calls a handful. Lara Jean and Peter decide to have sex at Beach Week, get as far as kissing in bed in underwear with a condom, and stop; teens also talk a lot about sex, and there are jokes about strip clubs.

  • Does Always and Forever, Lara Jean have violence?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Always and Forever, Lara Jean have scary content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Always and Forever, Lara Jean have religion?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Always and Forever, Lara Jean have race & culture?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Always and Forever, Lara Jean have profanity?

    Found (Brief): The book uses strong words including the f-word and s-word, which one reviewer calls a handful.

  • Does Always and Forever, Lara Jean have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Always and Forever, Lara Jean have sexual content?

    Found (Supporting): Lara Jean and Peter decide to have sex at Beach Week, get as far as kissing in bed in underwear with a condom, and stop; teens also talk a lot about sex, and there are jokes about strip clubs.

  • Does Always and Forever, Lara Jean have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Always and Forever, Lara Jean have gender & orientation?

    Found (Brief): A gay friend of Lara Jean's appears in a truth-or-dare game and is said to promise to take her to a gay bar someday.