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A Place to Hide

Robert Westall (1994)

SubgenreChildren's Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age13
Goodreads3.78
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

Political ViolenceDeathAbandonmentDeceptionMurder

Positive tags

SurvivalSelf-DiscoveryCourageResilience

Heroine archetypes

Fish out of WaterOutlaw / Fugitive

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age ProtagonistReluctant Hero

Tropes

Hidden IdentityFish out of WaterOn the RunPolitical IntrigueComing of AgeReluctant Hero

Themes

IdentitySurvivalPower and CorruptionPolitical CorruptionLoss of InnocenceForced DisplacementGovernment Conspiracy

Synopsis

This book is also titled: A Place For Me When the British government decides to have her father killed for exposing political corruption, eighteen-year-old Lucy is forced to leave her home and establish a new identity.

Tags

ThrillerPolitical FictionContemporary Fantasy