Parents' Guide to Like Lava in My Veins

Parents need to know that Like Lava in My Veins is a graphic novel picture book about Bobby Beacon, a kid who can turn his hands and feet into fire and lava, shooting fire lava wherever he wants. He can also create walls of fire, balls of fire, and streams of fire. The story has positive messages of self-control and gratitude and is a metaphor for anger and frustration. When Bobby gets angry, he feels lava build up in his veins, and sometimes he causes destruction. But he learns how to control his anger and frustration with a few techniques taught to him by a nice teacher. There's some cartoon violence and action and a few scenes of perilous danger. A boy creates a wall of fire and lava to stop a school bus from driving away. A girl causes a man to turn into a statue and an audience of kids to freeze still except for their eyes. A boy also shoots fire lava at a man's stone hands, welding them together, and the man falls to the ground in shock.