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Go Saddle the Sea

Joan Aiken (1977)

SubgenreChildren's Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SeriesFelix #1
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.96
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

AbandonmentDeath of Parent

Positive tags

AdventureQuestSelf-DiscoveryComing of AgeHopeful Ending

Hero archetypes

OrphanComing-of-Age HeroFish out of Water

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age ProtagonistFish out of Water

Tropes

Coming of AgeFish out of WaterQuestOrphanRoad TripHidden Identity

Themes

IdentityFamilyBelongingIndependenceJourneySelf-DiscoveryResilience

Synopsis

In 1821, an orphaned twelve-year-old boy runs away from his unhappy home in Spain to England where he tries to find his father's family.

Tags

Historical AdventurePicaresqueJourney Fiction