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Jo-Jo and the Fiendish Lot

Andrew Auseon (2009)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age14
Goodreads3.62
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageModerate

Trigger warnings

Suicidal IdeationDeathGrief

Positive tags

Healing ArcHumorSelf-DiscoverySecond ChanceFound Family

Hero archetypes

Coming-of-Age Hero

Heroine archetypes

Ghost / Supernatural HeroineMusician

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Tropes

Coming of AgeFish out of WaterFound FamilyPortal FantasyMentor FigureRoad Trip

Themes

Suicide PreventionLife and DeathSecond ChancesFinding PurposeMusic as HealingSelf-WorthAfterlife Exploration

Synopsis

Just as seventeen-year-old Baltimore resident Jo-Jo Dyas is about to kill himself, he meets Max, a dead girl who plays drums for a rock band, and he travels with the band as they play shows all over the Afterlife.

Is Jo-Jo and the Fiendish Lot appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 14 and up.

This book centers on a teen at the moment of a suicide attempt and deals with depression and death throughout, though it takes a ultimately hopeful, life-affirming approach through music and friendship in the Afterlife.

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include death, grief, and suicidal ideation.

Who'll love this

Teens will connect with this darkly funny story about a suicidal teen who finds meaning through music and friendship with a dead girl in the Afterlife.

Tags

Contemporary FantasyMagical RealismMusic FictionDark Comedy