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Violence
A lot
Two murders and past killings, all off the page
Language
Some
Very little
Sexual Content
None
Common Sense Media marks sexual content as not present
Substance Use
Some
Dale's father is an alcoholic whose drunkenness is mostly referred to, but one scene shows him drunk and violent
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Domestic abuse witnessed by a child, abandonment, and a kidnapping with a credible threat of drowning
What this book is about
Common Sense Media rates it 10+ and is specific: murders happen off the page, but there is "a pivotal scene depicting an abusive father hitting his wife and verbally attacking his son, prompting the son to threaten his father with a shotgun." Dale's father drinks heavily and the drinking drives the abuse. The voice is buoyant and funny, which makes those scenes land harder. Language is very mild — one "jackass," and a cruel jab calling Mo a "throw-away kid."
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
On-page domestic violence by an alcoholic father
A child threatens a parent with a shotgun
Kidnapping and murder plot
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