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Never Trust a Dead Man

Vivian Vande Velde (1999)

SubgenreYA Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age12
Goodreads3.69
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

DeathMurderCaptivity

Positive tags

MysteryHumorQuestRedemption Arc

Hero archetypes

Wrongly AccusedReluctant Hero

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Tropes

Wrongly AccusedReluctant HeroQuestNecromancyFish out of WaterMysteryPartnership

Themes

JusticeTruth vs DeceptionComing of AgeIdentityRevenge vs Justice

Synopsis

Wrongly convicted of murder and punished by being sealed in the tomb with the dead man, seventeen-year-old Selwyn enlists the help of a witch and the resurrected victim to find the true killer.

Tags

MysteryComedyAdventure