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The infinite sadness of small appliances — Content Guide for Parents

By Dixon, GlennFaberISBN 9780571403974281 pages
The infinite sadness of small appliances

Found in this book

  • Scary contentBrief
  • ProfanityBrief
  • ClimateBrief

Not found

  • Violence
  • Religion
  • Race & culture
  • Sexual content
  • Gender roles
  • Gender & orientation

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Religion

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Contains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.

About this book

In a self-running smart house, a young sentient hoover listens as her owner, Harold, reads aloud to his dying wife, Edie. Mesmerized by To Kill a Mockingbird and craving human connection, the little vacuum renames herself Scout and embarks on a journey of self-discovery. But when Edie passes away, Scout and her fellow appliances discover that the omnipresent Grid, which monitors every household in the City, wants to displace Harold from the home he's lived in for fifty years. With the help of a neighbourhood boy, and Harold and Edie's daughter, the humans and the appliances must come together to outwit the Grid before they lose everything they hold dear. . .

Frequently asked questions

  • Is The infinite sadness of small appliances appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    The all-watching Grid and its plan to remove Harold from his home make the near-future setting frightening for some readers, in an otherwise gentle story. One reader's content warning says the book contains swearing, with no detail on how much.

  • Does The infinite sadness of small appliances have violence?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The infinite sadness of small appliances have scary content?

    Found (Brief): The all-watching Grid and its plan to remove Harold from his home make the near-future setting frightening for some readers, in an otherwise gentle story.

  • Does The infinite sadness of small appliances have religion?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The infinite sadness of small appliances have race & culture?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The infinite sadness of small appliances have profanity?

    Found (Brief): One reader's content warning says the book contains swearing, with no detail on how much.

  • Does The infinite sadness of small appliances have climate?

    Found (Brief): The story's world has travel limited by lottery and a system working to shrink the population, which a reviewer says is meant to reverse climate change.

  • Does The infinite sadness of small appliances have sexual content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The infinite sadness of small appliances have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The infinite sadness of small appliances have gender & orientation?

    Not found in the sources we checked.