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Parchment House

Cara Lockhart Smith (1989)

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

Child AbuseEmotional AbuseAbandonment

Positive tags

SurvivalSelf-DiscoveryHopeful Ending

Protagonist archetypes

OrphanComing-of-Age ProtagonistOutcast / Loner

Tropes

Coming of AgeFish out of WaterOrphanRebellion

Themes

SurvivalResiliencePower and CorruptionInstitutional CrueltyHope

Synopsis

In a desolate orphanage in futuristic Britain, orphan Johnnie Rattle pits his wits against those of the orphanage director, the cruel Reverend Slipper.

Tags

DystopianSocial CommentaryOrphan Story