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Guardian Angel House — Content Guide for Parents

By Kathy ClarkSecond Story PressISBN 9781897187586225 pages
Guardian Angel House

Found in this book

  • ViolenceBrief
  • Scary contentSupporting
  • ReligionCentralChristian, Jewish
  • Race & cultureCentral

Not found

  • Profanity
  • Climate
  • 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

War stories. Twelve-year-old Susan has been forced to sit by and watch her liberties and those of other Jews be taken away as a tidal wave of anti-Semitic hatred envelops her native Budapest. Now her father has been deported to a labor camp and rumors abound about what fate lies in store for the rest of Hungary's Jewish population. Realizing the terrible danger her family is facing, Susan's mother makes the difficult decision to send her and her younger sister Vera to the nearby Sisters of Charity convent, which is providing a safe haven for Jewish girls. Although it is a difficult adjustment, Susan and Vera are soon basking in the comfort and gentle nature of the Sisters and working hard to maintain a semblance of normalcy amidst the destruction and chaos swirling around the convent walls. The nuns endeavor to ensure that the girls maintain their religious identity, even though it differs from the Sisters' own religious convictions. The girls learn to trust others again and realize that even in the face of unspeakable evil, there are people who will risk everything to do what is right. This fictionalized dramatization of a true story is written by the real-life Vera's daughter. In addition to the story, there are historical photographs and notes throughout. It is a poignant and relatively gentle introduction to the atrocities of the Holocaust that focuses on the bravery demonstrated during one of history's darkest hours.

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Guardian Angel House appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    Nazi raids on the convent, nightly bombing and a father taken to a labor camp appear in the story, but a reviewer says violence does not appear on the page. The girls live next to a Nazi outpost, face a Nazi search of the convent and an unexploded bomb, though the book is described as relatively gentle.

  • Does Guardian Angel House have violence?

    Found (Brief): Nazi raids on the convent, nightly bombing and a father taken to a labor camp appear in the story, but a reviewer says violence does not appear on the page.

  • Does Guardian Angel House have scary content?

    Found (Supporting): The girls live next to a Nazi outpost, face a Nazi search of the convent and an unexploded bomb, though the book is described as relatively gentle.

  • Does Guardian Angel House have religion?

    Found (Central, Christian, Jewish): Jewish girls are hidden in a Catholic convent, take part in Mass, and also keep Jewish practices such as Friday night prayers, Chanukah and Passover.

  • Does Guardian Angel House have race & culture?

    Found (Central): The story centers on Jewish girls in Hungary facing hatred and persecution by the Nazis, and a Roma girl whose family was taken is also sheltered.

  • Does Guardian Angel House have profanity?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Guardian Angel House have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Guardian Angel House have sexual content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Guardian Angel House have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Guardian Angel House have gender & orientation?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

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