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Woods Runner — Content Guide for Parents

By Paulsen, GaryWendy Lamb BooksISBN 9780385738842164 pages
Woods Runner

Found in this book

  • ViolenceCentral
  • Scary contentSupporting
  • ProfanityBrief

Not found

  • Religion
  • Race & culture
  • 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

From his 1776 Pennsylvania homestead, thirteen-year-old Samuel, who is a highly-skilled woodsman, sets out toward New York City to rescue his parents from the band of British soldiers and Indians who kidnapped them after slaughtering most of their community. Includes historical notes.

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Woods Runner appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    Samuel's journey runs through war violence: a settlement is attacked and burned, he finds scalped bodies, he is attacked with a tomahawk, and he shoots two people in self-defense. Samuel finds a burned settlement and mutilated bodies, and faces attacks and harsh wartime horrors, which reviewers call vivid and graphic but not described in graphic detail.

  • Does Woods Runner have violence?

    Found (Central): Samuel's journey runs through war violence: a settlement is attacked and burned, he finds scalped bodies, he is attacked with a tomahawk, and he shoots two people in self-defense.

  • Does Woods Runner have scary content?

    Found (Supporting): Samuel finds a burned settlement and mutilated bodies, and faces attacks and harsh wartime horrors, which reviewers call vivid and graphic but not described in graphic detail.

  • Does Woods Runner have religion?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Woods Runner have race & culture?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Woods Runner have profanity?

    Found (Brief): The parents' guide says the book has very little strong language, limited to "hell" and "damn."

  • Does Woods Runner have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Woods Runner have sexual content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Woods Runner have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Woods Runner have gender & orientation?

    Not found in the sources we checked.