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Raider's Sky

Mary Haynes (1987)

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

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

DeathMass DeathPlague/EpidemicAbandonmentGrief

Positive tags

Found FamilyHopeful EndingIntergenerational FriendshipSelf-DiscoveryComing of Age

Heroine archetypes

OrphanComing-of-Age Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age ProtagonistReluctant Hero

Tropes

Found FamilyFish out of WaterComing of AgePost-ApocalypticReluctant Hero

Themes

SurvivalCommunityIntergenerational BondsHope After CatastropheFinding HomeResilienceRebuilding

Synopsis

After a chemical accident kills off most of the world's population, twelve-year-old Pokey escapes from the regimentation of the Children's Concern and finds a new life and hope for the future with a group of elderly people living in West Virginia.

Tags

Post-ApocalypticDystopianSurvival Fiction