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How to Love You When You're Gone — Content Guide for Parents

By Gabriela GonzalesLittle, Brown Books for Young ReadersISBN 9780316586054384 pages
How to Love You When You're Gone

Found in this book

None of the 9 themes were found in the reviews we checked.

Not found

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

Couldn't confirm

  • Profanity
  • Gender & orientation
  • Profanity: No source describes the book's language or lists swear words.
  • Gender & orientation: The sources describe a romance between Mayte and Auggie, but nothing that says whether any character is gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.

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Religion

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Contains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.

About this book

For fans of Shut Up, This Is Serious, this humorous, relatable novel gives an honest look at what it's like to fall in love for the first time...with someone you were sure you hated.



High school senior Mayte has never been kissed, but it hardly matters. Her abuelita has cancer, her half sister with special needs has moved in, and college is off the table--family comes first. She keeps her problems to herself; why burden everyone she loves with more?



Meanwhile, fellow senior Auggie is set on attending an elite creative writing program. But as the self-proclaimed most boring person alive, he can't exactly write the next great American novel when he's struggling to write a short story for college applications.



After an awful blind date ("disaster" doesn't even begin to describe it), Mayte and Auggie are forced together by their merging social circles. The pair must at least pretend to get along...but soon they develop actual feelings. Then tragedy strikes Mayte's family. Auggie feels compelled to write her story to help her process and heal--but are his intentions truly selfless? The best story he's ever written could impact the best friendships he's ever had.

Frequently asked questions

  • Is How to Love You When You're Gone appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    Reviews we checked describe none of the 9 themes we track. Review the breakdown above to decide if it fits your family.

  • Does How to Love You When You're Gone have violence?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does How to Love You When You're Gone have scary content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does How to Love You When You're Gone have religion?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does How to Love You When You're Gone have race & culture?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does How to Love You When You're Gone have profanity?

    Couldn't confirm: No source describes the book's language or lists swear words.

  • Does How to Love You When You're Gone have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does How to Love You When You're Gone have sexual content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does How to Love You When You're Gone have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does How to Love You When You're Gone have gender & orientation?

    Couldn't confirm: The sources describe a romance between Mayte and Auggie, but nothing that says whether any character is gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.

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