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The Time Hackers — Content Guide for Parents

By Gary PaulsenWendy Lamb BooksISBN 978038574659587 pages
The Time Hackers

Found in this book

  • ViolenceBrief
  • Scary contentBrief
  • Sexual contentBrief

Not found

  • Religion
  • Race & culture
  • Climate
  • Gender roles
  • Gender & orientation

Couldn't confirm

  • Profanity
  • Profanity: The reviews do not say anything about the book's language, and no full-text or parents' guide source was found.

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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

When someone uses futuristic technology to play pranks on twelve-year-old Dorso Clayman, he and his best friend set off on a supposedly impossible journey through space and time trying to stop the gamesters who are endangering the universe.

Frequently asked questions

  • Is The Time Hackers appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    The boys are sent into historical battles such as Gettysburg and the Crusades and are in danger there, but reviews describe the tone as light. Dorso finds a dead body in his locker and later lands in dangerous moments in history, though reviews call the book light and entertaining.

  • Does The Time Hackers have violence?

    Found (Brief): The boys are sent into historical battles such as Gettysburg and the Crusades and are in danger there, but reviews describe the tone as light.

  • Does The Time Hackers have scary content?

    Found (Brief): Dorso finds a dead body in his locker and later lands in dangerous moments in history, though reviews call the book light and entertaining.

  • Does The Time Hackers have religion?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The Time Hackers have race & culture?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The Time Hackers have profanity?

    Couldn't confirm: The reviews do not say anything about the book's language, and no full-text or parents' guide source was found.

  • Does The Time Hackers have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The Time Hackers have sexual content?

    Found (Brief): The boys' humor includes looking for pictures of naked women and one boy's wish to conjure up a naked Helen of Troy.

  • Does The Time Hackers have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does The Time Hackers have gender & orientation?

    Not found in the sources we checked.