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Origin — Content Guide for Parents

By Jessica KhouryScholasticISBN 9780545647588393 pages
Origin

Found in this book

  • ViolenceSupporting
  • Scary contentSupporting
  • Race & cultureBrief
  • ProfanityBrief
  • Gender rolesBriefTraditional roles

Not found

  • Religion
  • 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

Pia has grown up in a secret laboratory hidden deep in the Amazon rain forest. She was raised by a team of scientists who have created her to be the start of a new immortal race. But on the night of her seventeenth birthday, Pia discovers a hole in the electric fence that surrounds her sterile home--and sneaks outside the compound for the first time in her life. Free in the jungle, Pia meets Eio, a boy from a nearby village. Together, they embark on a race against time to discover the truth about Pia's origin--a truth with deadly consequences that will change their lives forever.

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Origin appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    Near the end there are several shootings, a suicide and a death by arrows, and earlier scenes show animals harmed in lab tests. The story includes disturbing animal-testing scenes, a scene about euthanizing a kitten, and a tense, dangerous climax.

  • Does Origin have violence?

    Found (Supporting): Near the end there are several shootings, a suicide and a death by arrows, and earlier scenes show animals harmed in lab tests.

  • Does Origin have scary content?

    Found (Supporting): The story includes disturbing animal-testing scenes, a scene about euthanizing a kitten, and a tense, dangerous climax.

  • Does Origin have religion?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Origin have race & culture?

    Found (Brief): Characters refer to the people of the Ai'oan rainforest village as "ignorant," and Eio, who is half Ai'oan, says he is not like them.

  • Does Origin have profanity?

    Found (Brief): The mildest-to-strongest language is "Screw you," which Pia says a few times in one tense moment.

  • Does Origin have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Origin have sexual content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Origin have gender roles?

    Found (Brief, Traditional roles): Early on, Eio tells Pia she needs a big strong man to walk her through the jungle.

  • Does Origin have gender & orientation?

    Not found in the sources we checked.