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An Angel for May

Melvin Burgess (1995)

SubgenreYA Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.68
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

DeathWarAnimal HarmMental IllnessAbandonment

Positive tags

FriendshipHealing ArcHeartwarmingHopeful Ending

Hero archetypes

Time TravelerComing-of-Age Hero

Heroine archetypes

Traumatized HeroineOrphan

Protagonist archetypes

Time-Displaced

Tropes

Time TravelComing of AgeFish out of WaterFound FamilyHealing Through FriendshipWar-Torn Setting

Themes

FriendshipHealing Through ConnectionWar's Impact on ChildrenCompassionTime and ChangeTrauma and Recovery

Synopsis

Tam travels back in time to his small English town at the time of World War II, where his friendship helps a traumatized girl living on a farm just outside the town.

Tags

Time TravelHistorical FictionComing of AgeFriendship Story