Boys without Names — Content Guide for Parents
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- Race & culture
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- Profanity
- Profanity: The sources do not say whether the book contains swear words, and no parents' guide or text search was found.
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PRESENTContains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.
About this book
But Gopal has been deceived. There is no factory, just a small, stuffy sweatshop where he and five other boys are forced to make beaded frames for no money and little food. The boys are forbidden to talk or even to call one another by their real names. In this atmosphere of distrust and isolation, locked in a rundown building in an unknown part of the city, Gopal despairs of ever seeing his family again.
But late one night, when Gopal decides to share kahanis, or stories, he realizes that storytelling might be the boys' key to holding on to their sense of self and their hope for any kind of future. If he can make them feel more like brothers than enemies, their lives will be more bearable in the shop—and they might even find a way to escape.
Frequently asked questions
Is Boys without Names appropriate for a 7-year-old?
Gopal is tricked into a sweatshop where the boys are held captive and sometimes beaten severely with a rubber hose. Gopal is drugged and kidnapped and held locked in a sweatshop with frightened boys, and a review says the realistic child-labor scenes may disturb some readers.
Does Boys without Names have violence?
Found (Supporting): Gopal is tricked into a sweatshop where the boys are held captive and sometimes beaten severely with a rubber hose.
Does Boys without Names have scary content?
Found (Supporting): Gopal is drugged and kidnapped and held locked in a sweatshop with frightened boys, and a review says the realistic child-labor scenes may disturb some readers.
Does Boys without Names have religion?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Boys without Names have race & culture?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Boys without Names have profanity?
Couldn't confirm: The sources do not say whether the book contains swear words, and no parents' guide or text search was found.
Does Boys without Names have climate?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Boys without Names have sexual content?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Boys without Names have gender roles?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Boys without Names have gender & orientation?
Not found in the sources we checked.
