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Blackwell's Island

Serena Graff (2005)

SubgenreEpic Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age11
Goodreads3.38
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

Child HarmCaptivityMental IllnessAbandonmentDeath

Positive tags

Sibling BondSurvivalAdventureMystery

Hero archetypes

OrphanProtective Hero

Protagonist archetypes

Duo / PartnersComing-of-Age Protagonist

Tropes

Fish out of WaterHaunted LocationQuestFound FamilyComing of AgeReluctant Hero

Themes

Family BondsSurvivalInstitutional CrueltyLost and FoundSibling LoveHistorical InjusticeCourage

Synopsis

In 1914, eleven-year-old Alex and his nine-year-old sister, Anna, are taken from New York City's Lower East Side to Blackwell's Island, where there are lunatics, prisoners, evil caretakers, ghouls, and, perhaps, their missing mother.

Tags

Historical FantasyGothic HorrorDark Fantasy