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Doll Bones — Content Guide for Parents

By Holly BlackScholastic IncorporatedISBN 9780545766029244 pages
Doll Bones

Found in this book

  • ViolenceBrief
  • Scary contentCentral

Not found

  • 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

Zach, Alice, and Poppy, friends from a Pennsylvania middle school who have long enjoyed acting out imaginary adventures with dolls and action figures, embark on a real-life quest to Ohio to bury a doll made from the ashes of a dead girl.

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Doll Bones appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    The ghost's backstory is the possible murder of a young girl, and the children believe a bus driver may try to capture them, but a parents' guide says the book is not actually very violent. The story is a creepy ghost tale about a doll made from a dead girl's bones and ashes, with a leering stranger on a bus, a trashed campsite and a doll that seems to move.

  • Does Doll Bones have violence?

    Found (Brief): The ghost's backstory is the possible murder of a young girl, and the children believe a bus driver may try to capture them, but a parents' guide says the book is not actually very violent.

  • Does Doll Bones have scary content?

    Found (Central): The story is a creepy ghost tale about a doll made from a dead girl's bones and ashes, with a leering stranger on a bus, a trashed campsite and a doll that seems to move.

  • Does Doll Bones have religion?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Doll Bones have race & culture?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Doll Bones have profanity?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Doll Bones have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Doll Bones have sexual content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Doll Bones have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Doll Bones have gender & orientation?

    Not found in the sources we checked.