Autobiography of a Family Photo — Content Guide for Parents
Found in this book
- ViolenceSupporting
- Scary contentBrief
- ReligionBriefChristian
- Race & cultureSupporting
- ProfanityBrief
- Sexual contentCentral
- Gender rolesBriefTraditional roles
- Gender & orientationSupporting
Not found
- Climate
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Religion
PRESENTContains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.
Frequently asked questions
Is Autobiography of a Family Photo appropriate for a 7-year-old?
The father drinks and beats the mother, and the family is torn apart by the Vietnam War, where the eldest brother dies. A review describes events with danger rumbling underneath, and readers call the book disturbing because of abuse, a violent father and a death in war.
Does Autobiography of a Family Photo have violence?
Found (Supporting): The father drinks and beats the mother, and the family is torn apart by the Vietnam War, where the eldest brother dies.
Does Autobiography of a Family Photo have scary content?
Found (Brief): A review describes events with danger rumbling underneath, and readers call the book disturbing because of abuse, a violent father and a death in war.
Does Autobiography of a Family Photo have religion?
Found (Brief, Christian): In one scene a Catholic friend is horrified to realize she and the narrator are next to an altar.
Does Autobiography of a Family Photo have race & culture?
Found (Supporting): The narrator is a Black girl growing up in Brooklyn, and her baby brother is half white, which prompts a remark from her father.
Does Autobiography of a Family Photo have profanity?
Found (Brief): Common words listed from the book's text include strong swear words, and one slur against gay people.
Does Autobiography of a Family Photo have climate?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Autobiography of a Family Photo have sexual content?
Found (Central): Sexual abuse, the narrator's early sexual curiosity and the sexual behavior of those around her run through many chapters.
Does Autobiography of a Family Photo have gender roles?
Found (Brief, Traditional roles): Troy goes to Vietnam to prove his manhood, and another brother is described as abusing women.
Does Autobiography of a Family Photo have gender & orientation?
Found (Supporting): The narrator's eldest brother Troy is gay and appears in several scenes before he goes to Vietnam, and the narrator and a friend also straddle each other in a basement.
