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Synopsis
Beseeched by his dying mother to locate his father, Pedro Paramo, whom they fled from years ago, Juan Preciado sets out for Comala. Comala is a town alive with whispers and shadows--a place seemingly populated only by memory and hallucinations. 49 photos.
Is Pedro Páramo appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
This literary work uses magical realism to explore themes of death, memory, and haunted legacy through a young man's search for his absent father in a ghost town. The atmospheric, fragmented narrative deals with adult themes of mortality and the past's weight on the present.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, mild sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include death, death of parent, and grief (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Older teens interested in literary fiction and ghost stories will be drawn to this atmospheric journey through a mysterious town where the dead and living blur together.