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Signal

Cynthia DeFelice (2009)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.66
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

Child AbuseEmotional AbuseAbandonment

Positive tags

FriendshipComing of AgeSelf-DiscoveryFound Family

Hero archetypes

Coming-of-Age HeroLonely / OutcastOutcast / Loner

Heroine archetypes

Alien / Other Species Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Tropes

Fish out of WaterComing of AgeFound FamilyHidden IdentityLonely Summer

Themes

Loneliness and ConnectionAbuse and SurvivalIdentityOthernessFriendship Across DifferenceFather-Son Relationship

Synopsis

After moving with his emotionally distant father to the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, twelve-year-old Owen faces a lonely summer until he meets an abused girl who may be a space alien.

Tags

Contemporary FantasyAlien ContactRealistic Fiction BlendRegional Fiction