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Fearless — Content Guide for Parents

By Tim LottCandlewick PressISBN 9780763645090263 pages
Fearless

Found in this book

  • Scary contentBrief
  • ReligionBriefOther or made-up faith

Not found

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

Couldn't confirm

  • Profanity
  • Profanity: The reviews and sources found do not say whether the book's text 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

In the future, girls labeled "juvies" or "mindcrips" are taken from their families and sent to the prison-like City Community Faith School, but LIttle Fearless decides to break out, and embarks on a dangerous mission to try to free the girls from their miserable captivity.

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Fearless appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    The story opens with a girl being taken from her home at night by a uniformed man, and the girls are held in a prison disguised as a school, with one girl locked in a cell as punishment. The book includes allegorical asides about organised religion and faith schools, with characters asking about gods and mentioning a Church; the school's name and the 'different-godders' are part of an invented world.

  • Does Fearless have violence?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Fearless have scary content?

    Found (Brief): The story opens with a girl being taken from her home at night by a uniformed man, and the girls are held in a prison disguised as a school, with one girl locked in a cell as punishment.

  • Does Fearless have religion?

    Found (Brief, Other or made-up faith): The book includes allegorical asides about organised religion and faith schools, with characters asking about gods and mentioning a Church; the school's name and the 'different-godders' are part of an invented world.

  • Does Fearless have race & culture?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Fearless have profanity?

    Couldn't confirm: The reviews and sources found do not say whether the book's text contains swear words.

  • Does Fearless have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Fearless have sexual content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Fearless have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Fearless have gender & orientation?

    Not found in the sources we checked.