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The Girl in the White Van — Content Guide for Parents

By April HenryScholasticISBN 9781338723533216 pages
The Girl in the White Van

Found in this book

  • ViolenceCentral
  • Scary contentCentral
  • Sexual contentBrief

Not found

  • Religion
  • Race & culture
  • Profanity
  • Climate
  • 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

Told in multiple voices, sixteen-year-old Savannah Taylor is abducted after her kung fu class and must figure out how to escape and rescue fellow prisoner Jenny Dowd.

Frequently asked questions

  • Is The Girl in the White Van appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    Two teen girls are held captive by a kidnapper and fight, are injured, and face a guard dog while trying to escape. The story is a creepy abduction thriller in which girls are trapped by a kidnapper and attacked by a guard dog.

  • Does The Girl in the White Van have violence?

    Found (Central): Two teen girls are held captive by a kidnapper and fight, are injured, and face a guard dog while trying to escape.

  • Does The Girl in the White Van have scary content?

    Found (Central): The story is a creepy abduction thriller in which girls are trapped by a kidnapper and attacked by a guard dog.

  • Does The Girl in the White Van have religion?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The Girl in the White Van have race & culture?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The Girl in the White Van have profanity?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The Girl in the White Van have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The Girl in the White Van have sexual content?

    Found (Brief): The kidnapper is implied to plan sexual abuse and there are threats of sexual violence, but nothing sexual happens on the page.

  • Does The Girl in the White Van have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The Girl in the White Van have gender & orientation?

    Not found in the sources we checked.