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

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



