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The Stonekeeper — Content Guide for Parents

By Kazu KibuishiGraphixISBN 9780439846813185 pages
The Stonekeeper

Found in this book

  • ViolenceSupporting
  • Scary contentSupporting

Not found

  • Religion
  • Race & culture
  • 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

The first book in Kazu Kibuishi's #1 New York Times bestselling series that features a beautiful but dangerous world of new friends, giant robots, and shadowy enemies!

After the tragic death of their father, Emily and Navin move with their mother to the home of her deceased great-grandfather. The strange house proves to be dangerous. Before long, a tentacled creature lures the kids' mom through a door in the basement. Em and Navin, desperate not to lose her, follow her into a fantastical world inhabited by robots, mysterious plants, and talking animals. It's up to Em and Navin to figure out how to set things right and save their mother's life!

Frequently asked questions

  • Is The Stonekeeper appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    Monsters grab and swallow people and attack the children, and an elf attacks them and tries to force Emily to help kill his father, while Emily fights back with the amulet's energy bolts. The book opens with a bloody car accident that kills the father, and tentacled monsters chase and threaten the children; one reviewer thought it might be too scary for some young readers.

  • Does The Stonekeeper have violence?

    Found (Supporting): Monsters grab and swallow people and attack the children, and an elf attacks them and tries to force Emily to help kill his father, while Emily fights back with the amulet's energy bolts.

  • Does The Stonekeeper have scary content?

    Found (Supporting): The book opens with a bloody car accident that kills the father, and tentacled monsters chase and threaten the children; one reviewer thought it might be too scary for some young readers.

  • Does The Stonekeeper have religion?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The Stonekeeper have race & culture?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The Stonekeeper have profanity?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The Stonekeeper have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The Stonekeeper have sexual content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The Stonekeeper have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The Stonekeeper have gender & orientation?

    Not found in the sources we checked.