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Aurora

Julie Bertagna (2011)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SeriesMara / Raging Earth #3
Setting
CSM age13
Goodreads3.74

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentMild
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

WarMass Death

Heroine archetypes

Time Traveler

Protagonist archetypes

Reluctant HeroTime-Displaced

Synopsis

Much of Earth is under water and people have made a new life on the tops of mountains. Except those that live in the sky-city and are planning war with those left on Earth. Can Lily find Fox and fix the broken past and stop the war?

Is Aurora appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 13 and up.

This YA climate fiction features war themes, time travel, and world-ending stakes. Expect moderate action and peril as the protagonist attempts to prevent conflict between sky-dwellers and earth survivors, with themes of sacrifice and environmental catastrophe.

What to know going in

This book has moderate violence, mild sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include mass death and war.

Who'll love this

Teens will be drawn to the race against time to stop a war in a drowned world where humanity has split between sky-cities and mountain survivors.

Tags

Post-ApocalypticClimate FictionTime TravelDystopian