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Gnat Stokes and the Foggy Bottom Swamp Queen

Sally M. Keehn (2005)

SubgenreEpic Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.53
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

KidnappingChild Harm

Positive tags

Coming of AgeRedemption ArcAdventureSelf-Discovery

Heroine archetypes

Coming-of-Age HeroineOutspoken Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Reluctant HeroComing-of-Age Protagonist

Tropes

Coming of AgeQuestReluctant HeroDark LordFish out of WaterRedemptionHaunted Location

Themes

Coming of AgeRedemptionCourageIdentityProving YourselfGood vs Evil

Synopsis

In Mary's Cove, Tennessee, in 1869, twelve-year-old Gnat Stokes decides to prove she's not just a trouble maker by rescuing a boy who was spirited away seven years earlier by the evil Swamp Queen of Foggy Bottom.

Is Gnat Stokes and the Foggy Bottom Swamp Queen appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 10 and up.

This middle grade fantasy features a 12-year-old girl on a rescue mission involving an evil magical antagonist. The premise involves kidnapping and peril appropriate for the age group, with mild fantasy danger but no graphic content.

What to know going in

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

Who'll love this

Readers will root for Gnat as she faces the scary Swamp Queen to prove she's brave and rescue a kidnapped boy.

Tags

Historical FantasyAppalachian FantasyQuest TaleFolk Horror