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Paper Planes — Content Guide for Parents

By Jennie WoodSimon and SchusterISBN 9781952303548216 pages
Paper Planes

Found in this book

  • Race & cultureBrief
  • Gender & orientationCentral

Not found

  • Violence
  • Scary content
  • Religion
  • Climate
  • Sexual content
  • Gender roles

Couldn't confirm

  • Profanity
  • Profanity: No source describes the book's language, so swearing can't be ruled in or out.

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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

After a life altering incident, Dylan and Leighton are sent to a summer camp for troubled youth. Can Dylan and Leighton save their friendship and protect their future while trying to survive camp?

Former best friends Dylan Render and Leighton Worthington attempt to successfully navigate their way through a summer camp for troubled youth. They both need a good evaluation at the camp. Otherwise, they’ll be sent away, unable to attend high school with their friends. While participating in camp activities and chores, Dylan and Leighton rexamine the events that led up to the incident that sent them to camp, the incident that threatens their futures and their friendship with each other.

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Paper Planes appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    One main character is biracial (Black and white), and her family and her friend struggle to accept all parts of who she is. The two main characters are a nonbinary teen and an asexual teen, and the story is about their friendship, feelings and identity.

  • Does Paper Planes have violence?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Paper Planes have scary content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Paper Planes have religion?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Paper Planes have race & culture?

    Found (Brief): One main character is biracial (Black and white), and her family and her friend struggle to accept all parts of who she is.

  • Does Paper Planes have profanity?

    Couldn't confirm: No source describes the book's language, so swearing can't be ruled in or out.

  • Does Paper Planes have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Paper Planes have sexual content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Paper Planes have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Paper Planes have gender & orientation?

    Found (Central): The two main characters are a nonbinary teen and an asexual teen, and the story is about their friendship, feelings and identity.