When My Heart Joins the Thousand — Content Guide for Parents
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PRESENTContains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.
About this book
A heartbreaking debut YA romance featuring a neuroatypical girl with a tragic history and the chronically ill boy trying to break the vault encasing her heart.
Alvie Fitz doesn't fit in, and she doesn't care. She's spent years swallowing meds and bad advice from doctors and social workers. Adjust, adapt. Pretend to be normal. It sounds so easy.
If she can make it to her eighteenth birthday without any major mishaps, she'll be legally emancipated. Free. But if she fails, she'll become a ward of the state and be sent back to the group home.
All she wants is to be left alone to spend time with her friend, Chance, the one-winged hawk at the zoo where she works. She can bide her time with him until her emancipation. Humans are overrated anyway.
Then she meets Stanley, a boy who might be even stranger than she is--a boy who walks with a cane, who turns up every day with a new injury, whose body seems as fragile as glass. Without even meaning to, she finds herself getting close to him. But Alvie remembers what happened to the last person she truly cared about.
Her past stalks her with every step, and it has sharp teeth. But if she can find the strength to face the enemy inside her, maybe she'll have a chance at happiness after all.
Frequently asked questions
Is When My Heart Joins the Thousand appropriate for a 7-year-old?
The book includes themes of parental death, abuse, and mentions of attempted murder, which are significant elements in the story. It also addresses issues like panic attacks and institutionalization. No elements of scary content are mentioned in the search results related to the book.
Does When My Heart Joins the Thousand have violence?
The book includes themes of parental death, abuse, and mentions of attempted murder, which are significant elements in the story. It also addresses issues like panic attacks and institutionalization.
Does When My Heart Joins the Thousand have scary content?
No elements of scary content are mentioned in the search results related to the book.
Does When My Heart Joins the Thousand have religious themes?
No religious practices, beliefs, or ceremonies are mentioned in the narrative of the book.
Does When My Heart Joins the Thousand have racial/cultural content?
While the book addresses themes of identity and societal norms, it does not explicitly focus on race or racism as a central theme.
Does When My Heart Joins the Thousand have profanity?
No instances of profanity are reported in the search results related to the book's content.
Does When My Heart Joins the Thousand have climate change?
No climate-related themes are detected in the search results for the book.
Does When My Heart Joins the Thousand have sexual identity?
The narrative discusses sexual relationships and desire, indicating a focus on the characters' sexual identities and experiences. It highlights the emotional aspects of these relationships.
Does When My Heart Joins the Thousand have gender roles?
The book features disabled teens and explores their emotional struggles and relationships, suggesting a modern feminist perspective on love and acceptance. However, it does not explicitly critique traditional gender roles.
Does When My Heart Joins the Thousand have lgbtq+ themes?
The book features two disabled teens with tragic pasts who fall in love, suggesting an exploration of LGBTQ+ themes in their relationship. The narrative addresses the characters' sexual identities and relationships, emphasizing their emotional experiences.
