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Vitro — Content Guide for Parents

By Jessica KhouryScholasticISBN 9780545863025356 pages
Vitro

Found in this book

  • ViolenceSupporting
  • Scary contentSupporting
  • ProfanitySupporting
  • Sexual contentBrief

Not found

  • Religion
  • Race & culture
  • 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.

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Vitro appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    Characters are chased, shot at, shot at point-blank range, gassed and caught in an explosion, with the violence rising sharply in the second half. The story has a sinister island, genetic experiments, a psychopathic villain, and chases and mass-casualty scenes that some readers may find disturbing.

  • Does Vitro have violence?

    Found (Supporting): Characters are chased, shot at, shot at point-blank range, gassed and caught in an explosion, with the violence rising sharply in the second half.

  • Does Vitro have scary content?

    Found (Supporting): The story has a sinister island, genetic experiments, a psychopathic villain, and chases and mass-casualty scenes that some readers may find disturbing.

  • Does Vitro have religion?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Vitro have race & culture?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Vitro have profanity?

    Found (Supporting): Common Sense Media counts about a dozen uses each of "hell" and "damn", plus a few milder words like "bastard" and "pissed".

  • Does Vitro have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Vitro have sexual content?

    Found (Brief): One of the villains forcibly kisses Sophie and presses his body against her; otherwise there is only mild flirting.

  • Does Vitro have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Vitro have gender & orientation?

    Not found in the sources we checked.