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Love, Lucas — Content Guide for Parents

By Chantele SedgwickScholasticISBN 9780545912723269 pages
Love, Lucas

Found in this book

  • ViolenceBrief
  • Scary contentSupporting
  • ProfanityBrief

Not found

  • Religion
  • Race & culture
  • 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

Grieving for her older brother Lucas, Oakley Nelson agrees to spend a few months with her mother at Aunt Jo's California beach house, where a notebook of letters from Lucas to Oakley challenges her to feel better and enjoy life, but a budding romance reminds her of the chances Lucas will never have.

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Love, Lucas appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    A character is attacked by an animal and must punch it away, with loss of a limb mentioned afterward, and another scene has a character thinking about suicide. Two extended frightening scenes show an animal attack with blood and a near-drowning, in a book that is mostly a grief and romance story.

  • Does Love, Lucas have violence?

    Found (Brief): A character is attacked by an animal and must punch it away, with loss of a limb mentioned afterward, and another scene has a character thinking about suicide.

  • Does Love, Lucas have scary content?

    Found (Supporting): Two extended frightening scenes show an animal attack with blood and a near-drowning, in a book that is mostly a grief and romance story.

  • Does Love, Lucas have religion?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Love, Lucas have race & culture?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Love, Lucas have profanity?

    Found (Brief): A content breakdown counts one mild crude word in the book.

  • Does Love, Lucas have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Love, Lucas have sexual content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Love, Lucas have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Love, Lucas have gender & orientation?

    Not found in the sources we checked.