Piercing the Darkness — Content Guide for Parents
Found in this book
- ViolenceSupporting
- Scary contentSupporting
- ReligionCentralChristian
Not found
- Race & culture
- Climate
- Sexual content
- Gender roles
- Gender & orientation
Couldn't confirm
- Profanity
- Profanity: One reader blog says the author avoids foul language, but no source lists swear words or describes the book's language in detail.
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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
Readers will find themselves rooting for a most unlikely hero as her quest for inner peace exposes the most frightening war of all, the battle for the human soul. Be captivated anew as you enter the world of battling angels and demons that author Frank Peretti so masterfully uncovered in This Present Darkness.
Frequently asked questions
Is Piercing the Darkness appropriate for a 7-year-old?
The story includes an attempted murder, a plot to kill the main character, a death treated as a possible murder, and battles between angels and demons. The book has demons tormenting a woman and a dark, tense thriller mood, which one reviewer found too dark.
Does Piercing the Darkness have violence?
Found (Supporting): The story includes an attempted murder, a plot to kill the main character, a death treated as a possible murder, and battles between angels and demons.
Does Piercing the Darkness have scary content?
Found (Supporting): The book has demons tormenting a woman and a dark, tense thriller mood, which one reviewer found too dark.
Does Piercing the Darkness have religion?
Found (Central, Christian): This Christian novel is built around prayer, faith and a battle between angels and demons over human souls, set in a story with a Christian school and church.
Does Piercing the Darkness have race & culture?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Piercing the Darkness have profanity?
Couldn't confirm: One reader blog says the author avoids foul language, but no source lists swear words or describes the book's language in detail.
Does Piercing the Darkness have climate?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Piercing the Darkness have sexual content?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Piercing the Darkness have gender roles?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Piercing the Darkness have gender & orientation?
Not found in the sources we checked.
