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Sara Summer

Mary Downing Hahn (1985)

SubgenreMiddle Grade Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age8+
Goodreads3.78
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Content levels

ViolenceNone
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

BullyingBody Image Issues

Positive tags

FriendshipSelf-DiscoveryHeartwarmingComing of Age

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age ProtagonistDuo / Partners

Tropes

Coming of AgeFound FamilyFish out of Water

Themes

FriendshipSelf-AcceptanceBody ImageStanding up to BulliesFinding Your VoiceMiddle School Social Dynamics

Synopsis

Shooting up taller anyone in her sixth grade class, Emily is humiliated by peer teasing until new girl Sara comes to town, an inch taller than Emily and refusing to let anyone tell her how to feel.

Tags

Realistic FictionContemporarySchool Story