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Rotters

Daniel Kraus (2011)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age15
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentMild
LanguageModerate

Trigger warnings

Death of ParentGriefBullyingSocial IsolationBody Horror

Positive tags

Coming of AgeSelf-DiscoveryRedemption ArcHealing Arc

Hero archetypes

OrphanFish out of WaterComing-of-Age Hero

Protagonist archetypes

Outcast / Loner

Tropes

Coming of AgeFish out of WaterOutcast / LonerHidden IdentityDark SecretSmall Town Horror

Themes

Grief and LossFather-Son RelationshipIdentityIsolationAcceptanceSmall Town PrejudiceDark Family Secrets

Synopsis

Sixteen-year-old Joey's life takes a very strange turn when his mother's tragic death forces him to move from Chicago to rural Iowa with the father he has never known, and who is the town pariah.

Tags

Contemporary FantasyHorrorDark YASmall Town Gothic