Deep and Dark and Dangerous — Content Guide for Parents
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- ViolenceSupporting
- Scary contentCentral
- ProfanityBrief
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- Religion
- Race & culture
- Climate
- Sexual content
- Gender roles
- 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
Just before summer begins, 13-year-old Ali finds an odd photograph in the attic. She knows the two children in it are her mother, Claire, and her aunt Dulcie. But who's the third person, the one who's been torn out of the picture?
Ali figures she'll find out while she's vacationing in Maine with Dulcie and her four-year-old daughter, Emma, in the house where Ali's mother's family used to spend summers. All hopes for relaxation are quashed shortly after their arrival, though, when the girls meet Sissy, a kid who's mean and spiteful and a bad influence on Emma.
Strangest of all, Sissy keeps talking about a girl named Teresa who drowned under mysterious circumstances back when Claire and Dulcie were kids, and whose body was never found. At first Ali thinks Sissy's just trying to scare her with a ghost story, but soon she discovers the real reason why Sissy is so angry. . . . Mary Downing Hahn is at her chilling best in this new supernatural tale that's certain to send shivers down her readers' spines.
Frequently asked questions
Is Deep and Dark and Dangerous appropriate for a 7-year-old?
A ghost girl nearly drowns a four-year-old during a swim and lures her toward danger, and Teresa's earlier death was an accident. A ghost story with a menacing ghost girl, a near-drowning, fog, a waterlogged doll and an empty grave, marketed as chilling and spooky.
Does Deep and Dark and Dangerous have violence?
Found (Supporting): A ghost girl nearly drowns a four-year-old during a swim and lures her toward danger, and Teresa's earlier death was an accident.
Does Deep and Dark and Dangerous have scary content?
Found (Central): A ghost story with a menacing ghost girl, a near-drowning, fog, a waterlogged doll and an empty grave, marketed as chilling and spooky.
Does Deep and Dark and Dangerous have religion?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Deep and Dark and Dangerous have race & culture?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Deep and Dark and Dangerous have profanity?
Found (Brief): A content-rating site reports only two uses of mild language.
Does Deep and Dark and Dangerous have climate?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Deep and Dark and Dangerous have sexual content?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Deep and Dark and Dangerous have gender roles?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Deep and Dark and Dangerous have gender & orientation?
Not found in the sources we checked.
