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Parents need to know that the documentary The Menendez Brothers includes audio interviews with the two brothers convicted of their wealthy parents' murders, which are described and shown in gory ...

Parents need to know that Officer Black Belt is an action-comedy crime thriller about a young man who discovers a job he's made for. Helping the police as a "martial arts officer," Lee Jung-do hunts ...

Kids and teens are proving to be early adopters of generative AI. Our research finds that 7 in 10 youth have already used at least one type of generative AI tool. As with the early days of social ...

As with all of Tahir's books in this universe, there is a high body count: People, including prominent characters, are killed or left in an undetermined state—during battles between humans (some with ...

Parents need to know that Somewhere Beyond the Sea is the sequel to TJ Klune's bestselling 2020 fantasy The House in the Cerulean Sea. Like that book, it was technically written for adults but is ...

Parents need to know that Alice Hoffman's novel When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary imagines her life before she and her family were forced into hiding. In the spring of 1940, ...

Parents should be aware that while High Potential focuses on violent crimes, including murder, the tone is more lighthearted than typical in crime procedurals. Expect some sexualized humor, but it's ...

Parents need to know that the body-swap horror comedy It's What's Inside contains significant swearing, drinking, drug use, sex, and death. The potentially-disturbing tale involving people swapping ...

Parents need to know that Construction Site: Garbage Crew to the Rescue!, by Sherri Duskey Rinker and illustrated by AG Ford, is the ninth book in the Construction Site series. In this one, the ...