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Blossom Culp and the Sleep of Death

Richard Peck (1986)

SubgenreChildren's Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
SeriesBlossom Culp #4
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.96
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Death

Positive tags

AdventureFriendshipHeartwarmingHumorSelf-Discovery

Heroine archetypes

Coming-of-Age HeroineMysterious Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Ghost / Undead Protagonist

Tropes

Coming of AgeFish out of WaterFound FamilyMentor FigureTime TravelHaunted LocationHidden Identity

Themes

Friendship Across TimeFemale EmpowermentJusticeHistorical AwarenessSelf-AcceptanceStanding up for Others

Synopsis

Blossom, high-school freshman and possessor of "second sight," helps an Egyptian princess, dead for 3500 years, to regain her tomb, and in addition saves a suffragette school teacher from losing her job in 1914.

Is Blossom Culp and the Sleep of Death appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 10 and up.

A gentle historical fantasy featuring a psychic teen who helps an ancient Egyptian princess and a 1914 suffragette teacher. Contains mild supernatural elements and historical themes of women's rights, with no violence beyond ghostly encounters.

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include death.

Who'll love this

Readers will love following Blossom's supernatural adventures as she uses her special powers to help people across time while navigating high school in 1914.

Tags

Historical FantasyTime TravelParanormalHumor