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Downsiders

Neal Shusterman (1999)

SubgenreChildren's Fantasy
Age groupChildren 5-8
Content ratingG
Pages259 (Short <300)
SettingSecondary World
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Content levels

ViolenceNone
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

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Positive tags

Age-AppropriateStrong Friendships

Tropes

Coming of Age

Themes

Friendship & LoyaltyIdentity & Self-Discovery

Synopsis

When fourteen-year-old Lindsay meets Talon, who lives in the secret Downsider community that evolved in the subterranean passages of the subway built in New York in 1867, she and her new friend try to bridge the differences between their two cultures.

Tags

Coming-of-Age