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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.

Tags

Time Travel FantasyHistorical FantasyScience Fantasy