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Darkbeast

Morgan Keyes (2012)

SubgenreMiddle Grade Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages288 (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age10
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Animal DeathReligious PersecutionAbandonment

Positive tags

Found FamilyFriendshipComing of AgeAdventureAnimal Companion

Heroine archetypes

Reluctant HeroineOrphanOutlaw / Fugitive

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age ProtagonistOutcast / Loner

Tropes

Coming of AgeAnimal CompanionReluctant HeroFish out of WaterFound FamilyForbidden MagicReligious AuthorityRoad Trip

Themes

SacrificeDuty vs MoralityIdentityBelongingReligious ControlFreedomCourage

Synopsis

Twelve-year-old Keara runs away rather than sacrifice Caw, the darkbeast she has been bound to all her life, and, pursued by the Inquisitors who would punish her for heresy, she joins a performing troupe of Travelers.

Tags

Animal FantasyComing of AgeAdventureReligious Dystopia