My Heartbeat — Content Guide for Parents
Found in this book
- Sexual contentSupporting
- Gender & orientationCentral
Not found
- Violence
- Scary content
- Religion
- Race & culture
- Climate
- Gender roles
Couldn't confirm
- Profanity
- Profanity: One reader says there is no gratuitous swearing, though an insulting word for gay people is used, and no source lists swear words from the book's text.
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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 My Heartbeat appropriate for a 7-year-old?
A teen character has slept with other men, and Ellen and James have a sexual encounter that a reader calls non-graphic. Fourteen-year-old Ellen wonders whether her older brother and his best friend are a couple, and the story follows the boys' uncertainty about being gay, one boy's relationships with men and the family's reactions.
Does My Heartbeat have violence?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does My Heartbeat have scary content?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does My Heartbeat have religion?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does My Heartbeat have race & culture?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does My Heartbeat have profanity?
Couldn't confirm: One reader says there is no gratuitous swearing, though an insulting word for gay people is used, and no source lists swear words from the book's text.
Does My Heartbeat have climate?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does My Heartbeat have sexual content?
Found (Supporting): A teen character has slept with other men, and Ellen and James have a sexual encounter that a reader calls non-graphic.
Does My Heartbeat have gender roles?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does My Heartbeat have gender & orientation?
Found (Central): Fourteen-year-old Ellen wonders whether her older brother and his best friend are a couple, and the story follows the boys' uncertainty about being gay, one boy's relationships with men and the family's reactions.
