An English Ghost Story — Content Guide for Parents
Found in this book
- ViolenceSupporting
- Scary contentCentral
- ProfanityBrief
- Gender rolesSupportingTraditional roles, Challenges traditional roles
Not found
- Religion
- Race & culture
- Climate
- Sexual content
- Gender & orientation
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Religion
PRESENTContains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.
About this book
A stand-alone novel from acclaimed author Kim Newman.
Frequently asked questions
Is An English Ghost Story appropriate for a 7-year-old?
The house's ghosts turn on the family, and a boy's soldier games turn into what a reviewer calls preparation for a ghostly war. This is a horror novel about a haunted house, with reviewers describing genuine frights, creepy scenes and suffocating dread.
Does An English Ghost Story have violence?
Found (Supporting): The house's ghosts turn on the family, and a boy's soldier games turn into what a reviewer calls preparation for a ghostly war.
Does An English Ghost Story have scary content?
Found (Central): This is a horror novel about a haunted house, with reviewers describing genuine frights, creepy scenes and suffocating dread.
Does An English Ghost Story have religion?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does An English Ghost Story have race & culture?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does An English Ghost Story have profanity?
Found (Brief): A quoted passage has the father using the word "hell" in a mild expression.
Does An English Ghost Story have climate?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does An English Ghost Story have sexual content?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does An English Ghost Story have gender roles?
Found (Supporting, Traditional roles, Challenges traditional roles): One review says the story shows a mother frustrated at living for her husband and children, with the father ordering her to make tea.
Does An English Ghost Story have gender & orientation?
Not found in the sources we checked.
