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A Tale of Time City

Diana Wynne Jones (1987)

SubgenreChildren's Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age10
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Kidnapping

Positive tags

AdventureComing of AgeMysteryHopeful Ending

Heroine archetypes

Fish out of WaterComing-of-Age Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Time-Displaced

Tropes

Fish out of WaterTime TravelHidden CivilizationPortal FantasyQuestComing of Age

Themes

IdentityTime ManipulationCrisis and SurvivalAdaptationHistory and Consequences

Synopsis

In 1939 an eleven-year-old London girl is kidnapped to Time City, a place existing outside the stream of time and manipulating the history of humanity, where she finds the inhabitants facing their worst hour of crisis.

Is A Tale of Time City appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 10 and up.

A middle grade fantasy about a girl kidnapped to a city outside time where she must help inhabitants facing a crisis. Mild peril and adventure appropriate for ages 10+.

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include kidnapping.

Who'll love this

Readers will enjoy following an ordinary girl's adventure in an extraordinary city where time itself can be changed.

Tags

Time Travel FantasyHistorical FantasyScience Fantasy