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Fruitcake: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes #3) — Content Guide for Parents

By Ogle, RexGraphixISBN 9781338575101240 pages
Fruitcake: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes #3)

Found in this book

  • ViolenceBrief
  • ReligionSupportingChristian
  • Gender rolesBriefTraditional roles
  • Gender & orientationCentral

Not found

  • Scary content
  • Race & culture
  • Climate
  • Sexual content

Couldn't confirm

  • Profanity
  • Profanity: The sources do not say whether the book 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

A pitch-perfect middle-grade graphic memoir about crushes, coming out, and finding the courage to be yourself. Eighth grade isn't off to a great start. Everyone but Rex seems to be coupling up, and he's starting to feel like an outsider... until he meets Charlotte. She's fearless, smart, pretty, and she likes him back. But as great as Charlotte is, there's someone else Rex can't stop thinking about. Drew is Rex's childhood best friend, so when he kisses Rex, all kinds of new feelings begin to stir. Though at school, Drew acts like he doesn't even know Rex, making those feelings turn really confusing really fast. And with all the strong opinions Rex hears from friends and at church, he questions his own worth and what his affections actually mean. Rex wants to be more like his new friend, Nina, and not care what others think, but being himself seems impossible. When did middle school get so confusing?!

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Fruitcake: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes #3) appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    Classmates bully others, including a boy in a pink shirt, and a reader's content warning lists violence. Rex goes to church with his grandmother, hears one preacher condemn gay people, and works through how faith and his feelings fit together.

  • Does Fruitcake: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes #3) have violence?

    Found (Brief): Classmates bully others, including a boy in a pink shirt, and a reader's content warning lists violence.

  • Does Fruitcake: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes #3) have scary content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Fruitcake: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes #3) have religion?

    Found (Supporting, Christian): Rex goes to church with his grandmother, hears one preacher condemn gay people, and works through how faith and his feelings fit together.

  • Does Fruitcake: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes #3) have race & culture?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Fruitcake: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes #3) have profanity?

    Couldn't confirm: The sources do not say whether the book contains swear words.

  • Does Fruitcake: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes #3) have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Fruitcake: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes #3) have sexual content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Fruitcake: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes #3) have gender roles?

    Found (Brief, Traditional roles): Rex's stepfather tells him to keep his babysitting job quiet because it is seen as a girl's job.

  • Does Fruitcake: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes #3) have gender & orientation?

    Found (Central): Eighth-grader Rex, based on the author, kisses his male friend Drew, questions whether he is gay, and comes out over the course of the story.