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ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone
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Synopsis
After years of having moved around, eleven-year-old Dinah determines to make a huge, dilapidated old mansion into a home for her mother and herself, but the wild beasts she summons from a stone wall to protect her may also imprison her.
Is Griffin's Castle appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 10 and up.
A lonely girl uses magic to summon stone beasts as protectors, but learns that seeking safety through force can become its own trap. Mild peril and emotional themes of abandonment.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include abandonment and isolation.
Who'll love this
An 11-year-old girl discovers she can bring stone animals to life to protect her crumbling new home, but magic has unexpected consequences.
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Magical RealismContemporary FantasyDomestic Fantasy