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Down a Dark Hall

Lois Duncan (1974)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age13
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

ManipulationCaptivityPossessionMental Manipulation

Positive tags

MysterySelf-DiscoverySurvival

Heroine archetypes

Coming-of-Age HeroineFish out of Water

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Tropes

Fish out of WaterHaunted LocationSinister SchoolHidden TruthChosen Students

Themes

IdentityManipulation and ControlTrust and BetrayalComing of AgeInstitutional EvilSelf-Preservation

Synopsis

Suspicious and uneasy about the atmosphere at her new boarding school, fourteen-year-old Kit slowly realizes why she and the other three students at the school were selected.

Tags

Gothic HorrorPsychological ThrillerSupernatural MysteryYA Suspense