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A Coming Evil

Vivian Vande Velde (1998)

SubgenreYA Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age13+
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

WarAntisemitismGenocideDeathChild HarmPolitical Violence

Positive tags

Coming of AgeCourageFound FamilyProtectorHeartwarming

Heroine archetypes

Coming-of-Age Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Tropes

Coming of AgeGhost EncounterHistorical FantasyHidden IdentityProtectorWar-Time ResistanceFish out of Water

Themes

War and OccupationResistance and SurvivalProtection of the VulnerableComing of AgeHistorical TraumaCourage Under FireThe Supernatural in War

Synopsis

During the German occupation of France in 1940, thirteen-year-old Lisette meets a ghost while living with her aunt who harbors Jewish and Gypsy children in the French countryside.

Tags

Historical FantasyGhost StoryWwii FictionLiterary Fantasy