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Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake

Hugh Lofting (1948)

SubgenreChildren's Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SeriesDoctor Dolittle #10
Setting
CSM age8
Goodreads4.08

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Hero archetypes

Doctor / Medic

Protagonist archetypes

Non-Human Protagonist

Synopsis

Dr. Dolittle revisits the ancient giant turtle Mudface (from "Doctor Dolittle's Post Office") who tells the story of the Great Flood. Per reviewers this book has a more serious tone than the other Dolittle books. Parts were published in the New York Herald Tribune in 1923, but Lofting finished the book before his death in 1947.

Tags

Historical FantasyAnimal FantasyBiblical Retelling