Violence
ModerateA rescuer falls from a ladder after smoke exposure and breaks a leg and ribs; another adult is treated after a fire.
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Dear Enemy
Dear Enemy is the 1915 sequel to Jean Webster's 1912 novel Daddy-Long-Legs. It was among the top 10 best sellers in the U.S. in 1916.
Credits
Wikipedia contributors, Dear Enemy (novel) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Modified for this entry.
Parents Guide
Partially reviewedVersion covered
English primary text, Project Gutenberg eBook 238: Dear Enemy; Jean Webster. Reviewed scope: Selected April17 letter and following DearManofScience note; later orphanage-fire account and January14 explanation only. Consulted online text only; equivalence to every library asset, edition, abridgment, translation, audio or screen version is unverified.
Language
StrongThe narrator repeatedly uses demeaning disability labels and promotes eugenic exclusion, including a suggestion of poisoning a disabled child.
Alcohol, drugs & smoking
ModerateAn adult's drinking precedes the accidentally started fire, according to the later explanation.
Frightening & intense themes
StrongChildren are endangered by a night fire and a baby is initially missing. The prejudiced discussion also treats disabled lives as expendable.
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