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Awkward — Content Guide for Parents

By Svetlana ChmakovaYen PressISBN 9780316381321224 pages
Awkward

Found in this book

  • ViolenceSupporting

Not found

  • Scary content
  • Religion
  • Race & culture
  • Profanity
  • Climate
  • Sexual content
  • Gender roles
  • Gender & orientation

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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

Cardinal rule #1 for surviving school: Don't get noticed by the mean kids.
Cardinal rule #2 for surviving school: Seek out groups with similar interests and join them.
On her first day at her new school, Penelope--Peppi--Torres reminds herself of these basics. But when she trips into a quiet boy in the hall, Jaime Thompson, she's already broken the first rule, and the mean kids start calling her the "nerder girlfriend." How does she handle this crisis? By shoving poor Jaime and running away!
Falling back on rule two and surrounding herself with new friends in the art club, Peppi still can't help feeling ashamed about the way she treated Jaime. Things are already awkward enough between the two, but to make matters worse, he's a member of her own club's archrivals--the science club! And when the two clubs go to war, Peppi realizes that sometimes you have to break the rules to survive middle school!

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Awkward appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    Peppi shoves a boy on the first day, and a side storyline involves a classmate's troubled home life that a reviewer describes as domestic violence and an emotionally abusive father.

  • Does Awkward have violence?

    Found (Supporting): Peppi shoves a boy on the first day, and a side storyline involves a classmate's troubled home life that a reviewer describes as domestic violence and an emotionally abusive father.

  • Does Awkward have scary content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Awkward have religion?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Awkward have race & culture?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Awkward have profanity?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Awkward have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Awkward have sexual content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Awkward have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Awkward have gender & orientation?

    Not found in the sources we checked.