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Backtracked

Pedro de Alcantara (2009)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.58
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

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Positive tags

Coming of AgeSelf-DiscoveryHumorAdventure

Hero archetypes

Coming-of-Age Hero

Protagonist archetypes

Time-DisplacedFish out of Water

Tropes

Time TravelFish out of WaterComing of AgePortal Fantasy

Themes

Coming of AgeClass StruggleHardship and PrivilegeSelf-DiscoveryHistorical PerspectivePersonal Growth

Synopsis

While playing a dangerous subway prank, a fifteen-year-old slacker, who lives a comfortable life in Brooklyn, falls through a time-travel vortex and is transported to different time periods in twentieth-century New York City, where he learns firsthand about hardship.

Is Backtracked appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 10 and up.

A teen learns valuable life lessons by accidentally time-traveling through 20th-century New York and experiencing hardship firsthand. Contains mild peril and age-appropriate urban situations.

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and mild language.

Who'll love this

A slacker kid falls through time and has to survive different periods of New York history, learning what real struggle looks like.

Tags

Time Travel FantasyHistorical FantasyContemporary Fantasy