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Synopsis
"Richard Mayhew is an ordinary young man with an ordinary life and a good heart. His world is changed forever when he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk. This small kindness propels him into a dark world he never dreamed existed. He must learn to survive in London Below, in a world of perpetual shadows and darkness, filled with monsters and saints, murderers and angels. He must survive if he is ever to return to the London that he knew."
Is Neverwhere appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
This dark urban fantasy features moderate violence including murders and monsters, with some disturbing imagery and peril throughout. The story explores mature themes of survival in a dangerous underworld but contains no sexual content.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include murder, kidnapping, and death (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens will be captivated by the imaginative parallel London filled with danger, mystery, and a hero learning to survive in an impossible world.