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Cover of Only Child

Only Child

H. M. Hoover (1992)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age10
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

GenocideColonizationAnimal HarmMass Death

Positive tags

Coming of AgeSelf-DiscoveryFriendshipHopeful Ending

Heroine archetypes

Coming-of-Age HeroineOutspoken Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Chosen OneFish out of Water

Tropes

Fish out of WaterColonizationFirst ContactNon-Western SettingComing of AgeChosen OneForbidden KnowledgeCorporate Evil

Themes

ColonialismEnvironmental DestructionGenocideFirst ContactCorporate GreedStanding up for JusticeCultural Preservation

Synopsis

Twelve-year-old Cody discovers that the Terran Corporation, in colonizing the planet Patma, is illegally destroying the intelligent native inhabitants, giant insectlike creatures with their own language and religion.

Tags

Science FictionEcological FictionSocial CommentaryAlien Cultures