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Green Thumb

Rob Thomas (1999)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.13
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

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Positive tags

AdventureSelf-DiscoveryMysteryComing of Age

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age ProtagonistFish out of Water

Tropes

Coming of AgeFish out of WaterHidden IdentitySecret LanguageQuestNon-Western Setting

Themes

CommunicationNature and EnvironmentalismComing of AgeDiscoveryTrust and BetrayalScientific Ethics

Synopsis

While spending the summer in the Amazon rain forest of Brazil doing botanical research, thirteen-year-old Grady discovers a secret language used by the trees to communicate with each other and falls afoul of the dictatorial Dr. Carter, whose motives seem questionable.

Is Green Thumb appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 10 and up.

A middle grade adventure about a teen discovering trees can communicate while facing off against a suspicious authority figure. Mild peril and conflict but appropriate for the age group.

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language.

Who'll love this

Kids who love nature mysteries and secret discoveries will enjoy following Grady as he uncovers a hidden language in the Amazon rainforest.

Tags

Environmental FictionAdventureMysteryScience Fiction Elements