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Kingdom of the Golden Dragon

Isabel Allende (2004)

SubgenreMagical Realism
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.89
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

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Positive tags

AdventureQuestMentor FigureHopeful EndingSelf-Discovery

Hero archetypes

Coming-of-Age Hero

Protagonist archetypes

QuestDuo / Partners

Tropes

QuestAncient ArtifactFish out of WaterMentor FigureNon-Western SettingComing of AgeHidden CivilizationRace Against Time

Themes

Coming of AgeCultural RespectAdventurePreservation vs ExploitationGrandmother-Grandson BondEast Meets West

Synopsis

Sixteen-year-old Alexander Cold accompanies his grandmother, a writer for a geography magazine, to the remote Forbidden Kingdom in the Himalayas to help locate a sacred statue of a golden dragon before it is stolen by a greedy outsider.

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AdventureCultural FictionTravel Fiction