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Freestyle — Content Guide for Parents

By Gale GalliganScholastic IncorporatedISBN 9781338045819240 pages
Freestyle

Found in this book

  • ReligionBriefIslamic

Not found

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

Couldn't confirm

  • Profanity
  • Profanity: The sources do not include a parents' guide or the book's text, so swearing cannot be ruled in or out.

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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

From New York Times bestselling author Gale Galligan, a fun, high-energy graphic novel about friendship, family, and the last hurrahs of middle school.

Cory's dance crew is getting ready for a major competition. It's the last one before they graduate eighth grade and go their separate ways to high schools all over New York City, so they have to make it count! The group starts to have problems as their crew captain gets increasingly intense about nailing the routine, and things go from bad to worse when Cory's parents ground him for not taking his grades seriously. He gets stuck with a new tutor, Sunna, who he dismisses as a boring nerd... until he catches her secretly practicing cool yo-yo tricks. Cory wants to learn the art of yo-yo, and as his friendship with Sunna grows, he ends up missing practice and bailing on his crew -- and they are not happy about it. With mounting pressure coming from all sides, how is Cory supposed to balance the expectations of his parents, school, dance, and his new friend?

Frequently asked questions

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

    Sunna, a main character, wears a hijab in the pictures, but one reader notes the book never says outright that she or her family are Muslim and it is not a point of conflict.

  • Does Freestyle have violence?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Freestyle have scary content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Freestyle have religion?

    Found (Brief, Islamic): Sunna, a main character, wears a hijab in the pictures, but one reader notes the book never says outright that she or her family are Muslim and it is not a point of conflict.

  • Does Freestyle have race & culture?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Freestyle have profanity?

    Couldn't confirm: The sources do not include a parents' guide or the book's text, so swearing cannot be ruled in or out.

  • Does Freestyle have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Freestyle have sexual content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Freestyle have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Freestyle have gender & orientation?

    Not found in the sources we checked.