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We Won't Be Here Tomorrow

Age rating, content warnings & parent guide

Margaret Killjoy · 2022

Is We Won't Be Here Tomorrow appropriate for your child? See the reviewed age guidance, content cautions, positive themes, and supporting evidence below.

Explore the age guidance, content cautions, positive qualities, and supporting notes for We Won't Be Here Tomorrow by Margaret Killjoy. This book is recommended for ages 12+; content notes include LGBTQIA characters, Death of a character, Frightening scenes; positive qualities include Courage & resilience, Creativity & curiosity.

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Why this age? Content-guidance estimate derived from the complete published caution profile. It does not measure reading difficulty and is not a safety guarantee; family context may differ.

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Age guidanceAges 12+
Strongest cautionsLGBTQIA characters 5/5 · Death of a character 3/5 · Frightening scenes 3/5
Strongest positivesCourage & resilience 4/5 · Creativity & curiosity 4/5
Recommendation4/5

Courage & resilience; strongest caution: lgbtqia characters.

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What parents should know

Content-guidance estimate derived from the complete published caution profile. It does not measure reading difficulty and is not a safety guarantee; family context may differ. Courage & resilience; strongest caution: lgbtqia characters.

Readiness snapshotAge guidance: 12+Main watch-out: LGBTQIA characters 5/5
Recommendation 4/5

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Recommended age12+

Strongest cautions

  • LGBTQIA characters5/5
  • Death of a character3/5
  • Frightening scenes3/5

Strongest positives

  • Courage & resilience4/5
  • Creativity & curiosity4/5
  • Diverse representation4/5

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What’s in it?

Death of a character3/5
Why this rating?

Death is a thematic element in the context of struggle, revolution, and survival, often handled with weight.

Graphic injury2/5
Why this rating?

Occasional descriptions of injuries or the physical toll of violence, but not gratuitous.

Strong language3/5
Why this rating?

Strong language is used occasionally to reflect realistic character interactions and grit.

LGBTQIA characters5/5
Why this rating?

Queer identities, relationships, and communities are prominent throughout this author’s speculative and anarchist fiction.

Religious themes1/5
Why this rating?

Religion or spiritual practices appear incidentally, usually not as central dogma.

Romance2/5
Why this rating?

Romantic relationships are present as part of the characters' lives, often secondary to the central themes.

Frightening scenes3/5
Why this rating?

Dystopian threats, monsters or uncanny situations, pursuit, and social collapse create recurring tension and frightening moments.

Sexual content & nudity1/5
Why this rating?

Occasional mature references or themes, but not explicit in nature.

Alcohol or drugs2/5
Why this rating?

Characters may consume substances, fitting the gritty, sometimes improvised nature of their survival environments.

Violence3/5
Why this rating?

Several stories involve combat, guerrilla warfare, or resistance against systems, with realistic depictions of conflict.

What’s good in it?

Courage & resilience4/5
Why this rating?

Facing danger, oppression, ecological crisis, and uncertainty with solidarity and principled resistance is central to many stories.

Creativity & curiosity4/5
Why this rating?

Inventive speculative premises, alternate societies, unusual futures, and imaginative forms encourage questioning how people might live differently.

Diverse representation4/5
Why this rating?

The collection centers queer perspectives and varied communities; representation is a major strength, though not every identity appears in every story.

Educational value1/5
Why this rating?

Offers perspective on political and social thought, though primarily works of fiction.

Kindness & empathy4/5
Why this rating?

Mutual aid and communal care are central themes and moral imperatives for many characters.

Positive messages4/5
Why this rating?

Strong themes affirm mutual aid, autonomy, resistance to domination, solidarity, ecological awareness, and building alternatives to oppressive systems.

Good role models3/5
Why this rating?

Characters often model solidarity, independence, resistance, and care, though some choices are morally complex and deliberately anti-authoritarian.

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  2. How are identity and relationships presented, and how do they shape the characters’ experiences?
  3. Which choice in We Won't Be Here Tomorrow would you have made differently, and why?
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