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Secret Lives

Gillian Philip (2009)

SubgenreYA Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SeriesDarke Academy #1
Setting
CSM age13
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

Mental ManipulationIdentity Crisis

Positive tags

Coming of AgeSelf-DiscoveryFriendshipHeartwarming

Hero archetypes

Coming-of-Age Hero

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Tropes

Coming of AgeFish out of WaterHidden IdentityMorally Gray ProtagonistReluctant Hero

Themes

IdentityConfronting the PastCreative PowerReality vs FictionSelf-Acceptance

Synopsis

A fifteen-year-old Australian boy creates a character for a school writing project, and when the character comes to life he discovers that he must confront his past before he can lay the character to rest.

Tags

Contemporary FantasyMetafictionPsychological