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Maria and the Plague A Black Death Survival Story — Content Guide for Parents

By Natasha DeenCapstoneISBN 9781515882237112 pages
Maria and the Plague A Black Death Survival Story

Found in this book

  • ViolenceSupporting
  • Scary contentSupporting
  • ReligionBriefChristian
  • Gender rolesSupportingChallenges traditional roles

Not found

  • Race & culture
  • Profanity
  • Climate
  • Sexual content
  • 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

Years of bad weather and natural disasters have choked Italy's food supply, and the people of Florence are dying of starvation. Breadlines are battlegrounds, and young Maria has to fight for her family's every loaf. Adding to the misery, the Black Plague is rapidly spreading through the country, killing everyone in its path. Maria has already lost her mother and sister. Will she be strong enough to save the rest of her family before it's too late?

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Maria and the Plague A Black Death Survival Story appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    Maria is grabbed and chased by a man who wants her food, and she sees a fight in the bread line and an old woman shoved to the ground, and her dog bites a thief. The story has many deaths from plague and starvation, bodies in the streets, and a dangerous journey in which Maria is alone; one reader finds some death descriptions a touch graphic, while another guide says the deaths are not described.

  • Does Maria and the Plague A Black Death Survival Story have violence?

    Found (Supporting): Maria is grabbed and chased by a man who wants her food, and she sees a fight in the bread line and an old woman shoved to the ground, and her dog bites a thief.

  • Does Maria and the Plague A Black Death Survival Story have scary content?

    Found (Supporting): The story has many deaths from plague and starvation, bodies in the streets, and a dangerous journey in which Maria is alone; one reader finds some death descriptions a touch graphic, while another guide says the deaths are not described.

  • Does Maria and the Plague A Black Death Survival Story have religion?

    Found (Brief, Christian): Maria's father says the saints will protect the family, her brother disagrees, and Maria prays for the dead along the road, with church bells also mentioned.

  • Does Maria and the Plague A Black Death Survival Story have race & culture?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Maria and the Plague A Black Death Survival Story have profanity?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Maria and the Plague A Black Death Survival Story have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Maria and the Plague A Black Death Survival Story have sexual content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Maria and the Plague A Black Death Survival Story have gender roles?

    Found (Supporting, Challenges traditional roles): Maria's father refuses to let her do more than keep house, and she and her brother push him to let them work, and at the end she hopes to become a teacher.

  • Does Maria and the Plague A Black Death Survival Story have gender & orientation?

    Not found in the sources we checked.