Content levels
Trigger warnings
Positive tags
Hero archetypes
Heroine archetypes
Protagonist archetypes
Synopsis
"While working in a small geological museum, Alexis Hartz meets his cousin Laura, who has discovered a way to enter a geode. Travelling through a vast and glittering landscape of brilliant crystals, Alexis falls passionately in love with Laura, but when they return to the ordinary world, only friendship remains. He yearns for the perfect world of the crystals, and returning there becomes an perilous obsession. But is the crystal world as real as it seems or is his mind succumbing to its dark powers?"--Jacket.
Is Laura: A Journey Into the Crystal appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
This literary fantasy explores obsession and the seductive danger of an alternate reality, with romantic longing and psychological peril but no explicit content or graphic violence.
What to know going in
This book has no graphic violence, mild sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include obsession and mental manipulation.
Publisher ages reflect reading level; our rating reflects content maturity — they can differ.
Who'll love this
Teens who enjoy philosophical fantasy with mysterious portals and questions about reality will find this intriguing.