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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."

Is Looking for Hamlet: A Haunting at Deeping Lake appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 10 and up.

A gentle mystery involving a young actress investigating the death of a girl from a 1943 production. Mild supernatural elements and themes of uncovering historical tragedy, appropriate for middle grade readers.

What to know going in

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

Who'll love this

Kids who love mysteries and ghost stories will enjoy following an actress as she uncovers secrets from a haunted hotel's past.

Tags

MysteryGhost StoryHistorical Fiction ElementsTheatrical Setting