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Heartsease

Peter Dickinson (1969)

SubgenreChildren's Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
SeriesChanges #2
Setting
CSM age10+
Goodreads3.81
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

ViolencePersecutionDeath

Positive tags

Found FamilyCourageFriendshipHopeful EndingAdventure

Protagonist archetypes

Ensemble CastRebel / RevolutionaryOutcast / Loner

Tropes

Dystopian FutureAnti-Technology SocietyWitch HuntChildren HeroesRescue MissionRebellionSecret ProtectorsFish out of Water

Themes

Technology vs TraditionCourageResistance to OppressionPrejudice and PersecutionComing of AgeSurvivalCompassion

Synopsis

At a future time in England when anyone knowledgeable about machines is severely punished as a witch, four children dare to aid in the escape of a "witch" left for dead.

Tags

DystopianHistorical Alternate TimelineSocial CommentaryAdventure