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Bad Man Ballad

Scott Russell Sanders (1986)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age13
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

MurderViolence

Positive tags

AdventureComing of AgeMysteryMentor Figure

Hero archetypes

Coming-of-Age Hero

Protagonist archetypes

Duo / Partners

Tropes

Coming of AgeMentor FigureMysteryFish out of WaterQuestHistorical Fantasy

Themes

Coming of AgeJustice vs VengeanceMystery and TruthFrontier LifeMyth vs Reality

Synopsis

Seventeen-year-old Eli Jackson and a thirty-one-year-old lawyer in early-nineteenth-century Ohio set out to find a murderer who might be a "Bigfoot."

Tags

Historical FantasyMysteryAdventure