Our Way Back to Always — Content Guide for Parents
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- Scary contentBrief
- Race & cultureSupporting
- Sexual contentBrief
- Gender rolesSupportingTraditional roles
- Gender & orientationBrief
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- Violence
- Religion
- Climate
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- Profanity
- Profanity: The sources do not say whether the book contains swearing.
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Religion
PRESENTContains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.
About this book
Lou Patterson and Sam Alvarez were inseparable--the best of friends--until the most embarrassing middle school promposal ever. Now, four years later, Lou is an introverted romantic who's bearing the weight of her mother's expectations. Meanwhile, Sam is the golden boy with plenty of friends who's still mourning the death of his father.
When Lou finds the bucket list she and Sam wrote together as kids, she's disappointed to see that she hasn't accomplished a single one of her goals. Go to a party? Nope. Pull the greatest prank of all time? Still no. Learn how to be a really good kisser? Definitely not.
Lou sets out to finish the list, and in a stroke of fate, Sam decides to tag along, stirring up old arguments and some very new feelings. But with the bucket list to guide them, Sam and Lou might just be able to find a way toward the future and each other.
Frequently asked questions
Is Our Way Back to Always appropriate for a 7-year-old?
Content warnings mention a car hitting a teenager, along with a panic attack scene and a parent's death from cancer in the past. Lou and Sam are each half white and half Latino (Cuban and Colombian), and the story shows them living in a Spanish-speaking community while speaking little Spanish.
Does Our Way Back to Always have violence?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Our Way Back to Always have scary content?
Found (Brief): Content warnings mention a car hitting a teenager, along with a panic attack scene and a parent's death from cancer in the past.
Does Our Way Back to Always have religion?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Our Way Back to Always have race & culture?
Found (Supporting): Lou and Sam are each half white and half Latino (Cuban and Colombian), and the story shows them living in a Spanish-speaking community while speaking little Spanish.
Does Our Way Back to Always have profanity?
Couldn't confirm: The sources do not say whether the book contains swearing.
Does Our Way Back to Always have climate?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Our Way Back to Always have sexual content?
Found (Brief): Lou's older sister gave up a college scholarship after a teen pregnancy, and the romance includes kissing lessons and first kisses.
Does Our Way Back to Always have gender roles?
Found (Supporting, Traditional roles): Sam feels pressure to be the man who provides for his mother and sister after his father's death, and Lou's family expects her to succeed in a career.
Does Our Way Back to Always have gender & orientation?
Found (Brief): One review lists a side character as bisexual and Chinese American.
