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47

Walter Mosley (2005)

SubgenreEpic Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age13
Goodreads3.75
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

SlaveryChild AbuseViolenceRacism

Positive tags

Coming of AgeMentor FigureSelf-DiscoveryRedemption ArcHopeful Ending

Hero archetypes

Mentor

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age ProtagonistSlave / Bondsman (Escaping)

Tropes

Coming of AgeMentor FigureSlaveryFish out of WaterHidden MagicReluctant HeroSelf-Discovery

Themes

FreedomComing of AgeIdentityOppressionPower and KnowledgeResistanceHuman Dignity

Synopsis

Number 47, a fourteen-year-old slave boy growing up under the watchful eye of a brutal master in 1832, meets the mysterious Tall John, who introduces him to a magical science and also teaches him the meaning of freedom.

Tags

Historical FantasyMagical RealismAfrican American FantasyAfrofuturism