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Graveyard shift

Chris Westwood (2012)

SubgenreMiddle Grade Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.58/5 (409)

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Death

Synopsis

In an alternative London, thirteen-year-old Ben Harvester is recruited by the Ministry of Pandemonium, a secret organization responsible for shepherding lost souls to the afterlife, but soon learns there is another, more sinister soul-hunting organization that now considers him an enemy.

Is Graveyard shift appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 10 and up.

A middle-grade fantasy adventure about a boy recruited into a secret organization that guides souls to the afterlife. Contains mild supernatural peril and themes of death, but presented in an age-appropriate context.

What to know going in

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

Who'll love this

Readers will enjoy following thirteen-year-old Ben as he discovers a secret supernatural London and faces off against dangerous soul hunters.

Tags

Urban FantasySupernaturalMysteryAlternative History