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Flight: A Story of Seeking Refuge — Content Guide for Parents

By Gratz, AlanScholastic IncISBN 979822506319196 pages
Flight: A Story of Seeking Refuge

Found in this book

  • ViolenceSupporting
  • Scary contentCentral
  • Race & cultureSupporting
  • ClimateSupporting

Not found

  • Religion
  • Profanity
  • 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

Seperated from their parents, thirteen-year-old Daniela López and her younger brother, Carlos, are headed north on a dangerous train ride from Honduras, hoping to find their family at the Mexico-United States border.

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Flight: A Story of Seeking Refuge appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    Kidnappers use guns and weapons, there are beatings and threats, and migrants fight back and several are thrown off the train; the violence is not described as overly graphic. The siblings face constant danger on a speeding freight train, from kidnappers and gangs, and from a gang threat that drove them from home.

  • Does Flight: A Story of Seeking Refuge have violence?

    Found (Supporting): Kidnappers use guns and weapons, there are beatings and threats, and migrants fight back and several are thrown off the train; the violence is not described as overly graphic.

  • Does Flight: A Story of Seeking Refuge have scary content?

    Found (Central): The siblings face constant danger on a speeding freight train, from kidnappers and gangs, and from a gang threat that drove them from home.

  • Does Flight: A Story of Seeking Refuge have religion?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Flight: A Story of Seeking Refuge have race & culture?

    Found (Supporting): The story follows Honduran migrant children heading to the US border, including villages where they are not always welcomed and a helper who was deported.

  • Does Flight: A Story of Seeking Refuge have profanity?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Flight: A Story of Seeking Refuge have climate?

    Found (Supporting): Climate change causes a fungus that kills the family's coffee crop in Honduras, which starts their journey north.

  • Does Flight: A Story of Seeking Refuge have sexual content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Flight: A Story of Seeking Refuge have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Flight: A Story of Seeking Refuge have gender & orientation?

    Not found in the sources we checked.