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Impetuous: Mattie's Story

Jude Watson (1996)

SubgenreMiddle Grade Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages196 (Quick Read (<250))
SeriesBrides of Wildcat County #1
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.85
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Deception

Positive tags

AdventureComing of AgeSelf-DiscoveryHeartwarmingFriendship

Heroine archetypes

Fish out of WaterOutspoken HeroineWorking-Class Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Tropes

Hidden IdentityFish out of WaterComing of AgeHistorical SettingRoad Trip

Themes

IdentityIndependenceGender RolesAdventureSelf-DiscoveryComing of Age

Synopsis

Seventeen-year-old Mattie leaves her sister Ivy in Last Chance, California, and disguises herself as a boy in order to get a job with the Pony Express, finding adventure, facing danger, and falling in love.

Is Impetuous: Mattie's Story appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 10 and up.

A historical adventure about a girl disguising herself as a boy to join the Pony Express. Contains mild action/danger typical of Western adventures and a clean, age-appropriate romance.

What to know going in

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

Who'll love this

Readers will love following Mattie's daring adventure as she rides for the Pony Express and proves girls can do anything boys can do.

Tags

Historical FictionAdventureComing of Age