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The Enemy Above — Content Guide for Parents

By Michael P. SpradlinScholastic PressISBN 9781338114003232 pages
The Enemy Above

Found in this book

  • ViolenceCentral
  • Scary contentSupporting
  • Race & cultureCentral

Not found

  • Religion
  • Profanity
  • Climate
  • Sexual content
  • Gender roles
  • 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

In 1942 twelve-year-old Anton, his family, and their small community of Ukrainian Jews are hiding from the advancing Nazis troops, and from the Gestapo, in a web of underground caves, and one officer in particular, Major Karl Von Duesen, is determined to catch or kill every Jew he can find--but as the tide of war turns, a final confrontation between Anton and his enemy is looming.

Frequently asked questions

  • Is The Enemy Above appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    A Gestapo major hunts the family, and the story includes shootings, a machine-gun execution of Jewish prisoners, and the officer's own death in a final firefight. The story has constant danger from Nazi soldiers, close escapes, and murders of Jewish prisoners that some readers found disturbing for young children.

  • Does The Enemy Above have violence?

    Found (Central): A Gestapo major hunts the family, and the story includes shootings, a machine-gun execution of Jewish prisoners, and the officer's own death in a final firefight.

  • Does The Enemy Above have scary content?

    Found (Supporting): The story has constant danger from Nazi soldiers, close escapes, and murders of Jewish prisoners that some readers found disturbing for young children.

  • Does The Enemy Above have religion?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The Enemy Above have race & culture?

    Found (Central): The story centres on Nazis persecuting and trying to kill Ukrainian Jewish families in 1942.

  • Does The Enemy Above have profanity?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The Enemy Above have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The Enemy Above have sexual content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The Enemy Above have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The Enemy Above have gender & orientation?

    Not found in the sources we checked.