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Red Is for Remembrance

Laurie Faria Stolarz (2005)

SubgenreEpic Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SeriesBlue Is for Nightmares #4
Setting
CSM age13
Goodreads4.07
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentMild
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

MurderDeathViolence

Positive tags

Coming of AgeMentor FigureFriendshipMystery

Heroine archetypes

Witch / MageComing-of-Age Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Tropes

Magic AcademyComing of AgeMentor FigureUrban FantasyProphecyHidden Identity

Themes

Coming of AgeFriendshipMentorshipProphecy and FateProtectionIdentityResponsibility

Synopsis

Soon after beginning her freshman year at Beacon University, Stacey, a hereditary witch, befriends the college president's fourteen-year-old daughter and tries to help her cope with nightmares that foretell murder.

Is Red Is for Remembrance appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 13 and up.

This YA paranormal mystery features a college-aged hereditary witch helping a younger teen cope with prophetic nightmares about murder. Moderate thriller violence and mystery elements with mild romantic content typical of YA.

What to know going in

This book has moderate violence, mild sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include murder, death, and violence.

Who'll love this

Teens will be drawn to the psychic mystery elements, the college setting, and the mentor-mentee friendship between Stacey and the president's daughter.

Tags

Paranormal MysteryContemporary FantasyPsychic PowersMystery