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Playing Beatie Bow

Ruth Park (1980)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy

Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12

Content ratingPG

Pages (Standard (250-400))

Setting

CSM age10

Goodreads3.96

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Content levels

ViolenceMild

Sexual contentNone

LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Abandonment Divorce

Positive tags

Found Family Self-Discovery Heartwarming Coming of Age Healing Arc

Hero archetypes

Time-Displaced Hero

Heroine archetypes

Fish out of Water Coming-of-Age Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Tropes

Time Travel Fish out of Water Portal Fantasy Found Family Coming of Age Historical Setting

Themes

Identity Family and Belonging Loneliness Cultural Heritage Time and Change Immigration

Synopsis

A lonely Australian girl from a divided family is transported back to the 1880's and an immigrant family from the Orkney Islands.

Tags

Historical FantasyTime TravelAustralian Literature