Escape from Memory — Content Guide for Parents
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PRESENTContains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.
About this book
Mom's steady gaze was driving me crazy.
"Oh," she said slowly, "but that's where you're wrong. You see, you do have the secrets. You know them."
When Kira agrees to let her friends hypnotize her at a slumber party, she has no idea that she will reveal secrets even she didn't know she had -- memories of fleeing a war-torn country with her mother, understanding a language she can't identify. Then her mother disappears, and a woman calling herself Aunt Memory takes Kira to Crythe, a place that doesn't officially exist, in order to rescue her mother -- or so Kira thinks. She soon learns that there are memories locked in her mind that place her and her mother in grave danger, but those memories are also the only thing that might save them.
In Escape from Memory, award-winning author Margaret Peterson Haddix imagines a culture that values its memories above everything else -- and a teen who has to make the most important decision of her life.
Frequently asked questions
Is Escape from Memory appropriate for a 7-year-old?
Kira's birth parents were executed in a past war, the villain threatens to kill Kira and her mother, and the story ends in an armed standoff. Kira and her mother are imprisoned and in danger from a villain, with a threatening tone and a tense standoff, though one review says the villain is too much of a caricature to be truly scary.
Does Escape from Memory have violence?
Found (Supporting): Kira's birth parents were executed in a past war, the villain threatens to kill Kira and her mother, and the story ends in an armed standoff.
Does Escape from Memory have scary content?
Found (Supporting): Kira and her mother are imprisoned and in danger from a villain, with a threatening tone and a tense standoff, though one review says the villain is too much of a caricature to be truly scary.
Does Escape from Memory have religion?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Escape from Memory have race & culture?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Escape from Memory have profanity?
Couldn't confirm: The sources do not describe the book's language, and no full-text word search is available.
Does Escape from Memory have climate?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Escape from Memory have sexual content?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Escape from Memory have gender roles?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Escape from Memory have gender & orientation?
Not found in the sources we checked.
