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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

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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.

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Environmental FictionAdventureMysteryScience Fiction Elements