Looking For Alaska: Library Edition — Content Guide for Parents
Found in this book
- ViolenceSupporting
- Scary contentSupporting
- ReligionBriefOther or made-up faith
- ProfanitySupporting
- Sexual contentSupporting
Not found
- Race & culture
- Climate
- Gender roles
- Gender & orientation
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Religion
PRESENTContains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.
Frequently asked questions
Is Looking For Alaska: Library Edition appropriate for a 7-year-old?
Cruel pranks lead to plans for revenge, and a character's death may have been a suicide; the fatal car wreck itself is treated as an accident. A fatal car wreck is the center of the story, and a character has gruesome dreams about the wreck and its aftermath.
Does Looking For Alaska: Library Edition have violence?
Found (Supporting): Cruel pranks lead to plans for revenge, and a character's death may have been a suicide; the fatal car wreck itself is treated as an accident.
Does Looking For Alaska: Library Edition have scary content?
Found (Supporting): A fatal car wreck is the center of the story, and a character has gruesome dreams about the wreck and its aftermath.
Does Looking For Alaska: Library Edition have religion?
Found (Brief, Other or made-up faith): Reviewers describe a short stretch where the characters learn about Eastern religions, which helps the narrator think about life and death.
Does Looking For Alaska: Library Edition have race & culture?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Looking For Alaska: Library Edition have profanity?
Found (Supporting): The book's text contains strong swear words, and one source describes the language as running throughout.
Does Looking For Alaska: Library Edition have climate?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Looking For Alaska: Library Edition have sexual content?
Found (Supporting): The teen characters talk about and have sex, including a frank oral sex scene, and the book mentions masturbation and pornography.
Does Looking For Alaska: Library Edition have gender roles?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Looking For Alaska: Library Edition have gender & orientation?
Not found in the sources we checked.
