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Misfit Mansion — Content Guide for Parents

By Kay DavaultSimon and SchusterISBN 9781665903080304 pages
Misfit Mansion

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  • ViolenceSupporting
  • Scary contentSupporting

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  • Religion
  • Race & culture
  • Profanity
  • Climate
  • Sexual content
  • Gender roles
  • Gender & orientation

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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

Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends meets Hilda and the Troll in this spooky and sweet middle grade graphic novel about a monster girl who sneaks out of her foster home and into a human town in search of a forever family but finds more than she bargained for.

Despite her monstrous appearance, Iris has never felt like she belongs in a mansion filled with kelpies and gorgons and unicorns. She longs to find a family. Unfortunately, she and her housemates are trapped in a “foster home for horrors” run by former paranormal investigator Mr. Halloway. So, when a human boy named Mathias breaks the house’s sealing spell, Iris and her companions are set free upon the town of Dead End Springs.

What Iris doesn’t know is that Mathias is also a paranormal hunter (the kind who seeks to capture and destroy the horrors), or that there are other dangers ahead. As Iris searches for a home, she makes human friends, explores a brand-new world…and stumbles upon a dark secret that Halloway has kept locked in the basement of the house. Will this long-slumbering mystery destroy the family Iris so desperately seeks?

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Misfit Mansion appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    A boy from a monster-hunting family wants to capture and destroy the monsters, and an escaped dream monster threatens the town in some tense action scenes. The story has creepy monsters, frightening dolls and a scary dream monster, though the art is bright and cute and reviewers call it gently spooky.

  • Does Misfit Mansion have violence?

    Found (Supporting): A boy from a monster-hunting family wants to capture and destroy the monsters, and an escaped dream monster threatens the town in some tense action scenes.

  • Does Misfit Mansion have scary content?

    Found (Supporting): The story has creepy monsters, frightening dolls and a scary dream monster, though the art is bright and cute and reviewers call it gently spooky.

  • Does Misfit Mansion have religion?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Misfit Mansion have race & culture?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Misfit Mansion have profanity?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Misfit Mansion have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Misfit Mansion have sexual content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Misfit Mansion have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Misfit Mansion have gender & orientation?

    Not found in the sources we checked.