Fallout — 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
Hunter, Autumn, and Summer—three of Kristina Snow’s five children—live in different homes, with different guardians and different last names. They share only a predisposition for addiction and a host of troubled feelings toward the mother who barely knows them, a mother who has been riding with the monster, crank, for twenty years.
Hunter is nineteen, angry, getting by in college with a job at a radio station, a girlfriend he loves in the only way he knows how, and the occasional party. He's struggling to understand why his mother left him, when he unexpectedly meets his rapist father, and things get even more complicated. Autumn lives with her single aunt and alcoholic grandfather. When her aunt gets married, and the only family she’s ever known crumbles, Autumn’s compulsive habits lead her to drink. And the consequences of her decisions suggest that there’s more of Kristina in her than she’d like to believe. Summer doesn’t know about Hunter, Autumn, or their two youngest brothers, Donald and David. To her, family is only abuse at the hands of her father’s girlfriends and a slew of foster parents. Doubt and loneliness overwhelm her, and she, too, teeters on the edge of her mother’s notorious legacy. As each searches for real love and true family, they find themselves pulled toward the one person who links them together—Kristina, Bree, mother, addict. But it is in each other, and in themselves, that they find the trust, the courage, the hope to break the cycle.
Told in three voices and punctuated by news articles chronicling the family’s story, FALLOUT is the stunning conclusion to the trilogy begun by CRANK and GLASS, and a testament to the harsh reality that addiction is never just one person’s problem.
Frequently asked questions
Is Fallout appropriate for a 7-year-old?
While the book deals with intense themes, there are no explicit mentions of violence in the search results that indicate graphic or severe violence. No elements of scary content are indicated in the search results.
Does Fallout have violence?
While the book deals with intense themes, there are no explicit mentions of violence in the search results that indicate graphic or severe violence.
Does Fallout have scary content?
No elements of scary content are indicated in the search results.
Does Fallout have religious themes?
No religious practices, beliefs, or ceremonies are mentioned in the book's narrative based on the search results.
Does Fallout have racial/cultural content?
The search results do not indicate that race is a central theme or plot element in the book.
Does Fallout have profanity?
The narrative includes strong language throughout, with specific mentions of profanity in the context of the characters' experiences.
Does Fallout have climate change?
The search results do not indicate any themes related to climate activism or environmentalism in the book.
Does Fallout have sexual identity?
The book contains intense sexual content, including explicit descriptions of sex and discussions about teen pregnancy. One character is noted to have a sexual encounter that is described as aggressive.
Does Fallout have gender roles?
There are no explicit mentions of traditional or modern gender roles as themes in the narrative based on the search results.
Does Fallout have lgbtq+ themes?
The book includes LGBTQ+ representation among teen characters, such as same-sex romantic relationships and a two-dad family. The storyline of one character, Nick, focuses on his activism rather than his sexuality.
