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Cover of Looking for Hamlet: A Haunting at Deeping Lake

Looking for Hamlet: A Haunting at Deeping Lake

G. McDonald Wallis (1987)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age10
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

DeathGrief

Positive tags

MysterySelf-DiscoveryFriendshipHistorical Connection

Heroine archetypes

Actress / PerformerDetective / Investigator

Tropes

Haunted LocationFish out of WaterHidden IdentityLost CivilizationMystery

Themes

Mystery and InvestigationTheatre and PerformancePast and PresentJustice for the ForgottenHistorical Secrets

Synopsis

While vacationing with a group of actors in an old Victorian hotel in the Adirondacks, a young actress uncovers a mystery surrounding the death of a girl who was to play the role of Ophelia in a 1943 production of "Hamlet."

Tags

MysteryGhost StoryHistorical Fiction ElementsTheatrical Setting