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Cold Blood (Bite Risk) — Content Guide for Parents

By S.J. WillsSimon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersISBN 9781665938068320 pages
Cold Blood (Bite Risk)

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  • ViolenceSupporting
  • Scary contentCentral

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

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  • Profanity
  • Profanity: The sources we found do not say whether the book contains swear words.

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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

Sel struggles to adjust to his new normal as an insidious new illness threatens Tremorglade in this edge-of-your-seat third book in the Bite Risk trilogy that’s The Last Kids on Earth meets Stranger Things.

Sometimes the cure is worse than the sickness, and the only thing that spreads faster than a fever is suspicion…

Sel Archer and his friends just saved Tremorglade. Again. But Sel didn’t walk away completely unscathed this time. Now he has exciting but dangerous new Ripper abilities to keep on a leash, just as clamors for a cure to the Rippocalypse begin to grow louder by the day.

But when the hunt for a cure takes a dangerous turn, suddenly the Frozen Fever isn’t just a myth. It’s real…and it’s spreading. Sel and his friends will have to act fast to stop it before it arrives in Tremorglade, and his new abilities just might be the answer. Not everyone agrees, though, and when the Town of the Turned turns on him, will anyone listen in time to be saved from transforming into something much worse than a Ripper?

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Cold Blood (Bite Risk) appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    Infected townspeople turn into monstrous Rippers and frozen zombies, and Sel accidentally bites a friend, though one reviewer says nothing is graphic. The book is a horror story with werewolf-like Rippers, a spreading zombie-like Frozen Fever and menacing adults, described by reviewers as frightening.

  • Does Cold Blood (Bite Risk) have violence?

    Found (Supporting): Infected townspeople turn into monstrous Rippers and frozen zombies, and Sel accidentally bites a friend, though one reviewer says nothing is graphic.

  • Does Cold Blood (Bite Risk) have scary content?

    Found (Central): The book is a horror story with werewolf-like Rippers, a spreading zombie-like Frozen Fever and menacing adults, described by reviewers as frightening.

  • Does Cold Blood (Bite Risk) have religion?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Cold Blood (Bite Risk) have race & culture?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Cold Blood (Bite Risk) have profanity?

    Couldn't confirm: The sources we found do not say whether the book contains swear words.

  • Does Cold Blood (Bite Risk) have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Cold Blood (Bite Risk) have sexual content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Cold Blood (Bite Risk) have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Cold Blood (Bite Risk) have gender & orientation?

    Not found in the sources we checked.