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A Time of Angels

Karen Hesse (1995)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads4.08
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

DeathChronic IllnessSeparation from FamilyPlague/EpidemicGrief

Positive tags

Healing ArcMentor FigureHopeful EndingFound FamilyHeartwarming

Hero archetypes

Mentor

Heroine archetypes

OrphanComing-of-Age Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Tropes

Mentor FigureComing of AgeFound FamilyFish out of WaterHaunted Location

Themes

SurvivalHopeFaith and SpiritualityCultural IdentityIllness and RecoveryImmigration ExperienceCompassion Across Differences

Synopsis

Sick with influenza during the 1918 epidemic and separated from her two sisters, a young Jewish girl living in Boston relies on the help of an old German man, and her visions of angels, to get better and to reunite herself with her family.

Tags

Historical FantasyMagical RealismLiterary Fiction