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Cover of Song of the Gargoyle

Song of the Gargoyle

Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1991)

SubgenreChildren's Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads4.0
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

KidnappingAbandonment

Positive tags

AdventureFound FamilyQuestAnimal CompanionComing of Age

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age ProtagonistReluctant Hero

Tropes

QuestAnimal CompanionComing of AgeReluctant HeroFish out of WaterMedieval EuropeanRescue Mission

Themes

Coming of AgeCourageLoyaltyFather-Son BondSurvivalFriendship

Synopsis

When mysterious men in black abduct his father, the court jester of Austerneve, thirteen-year-old Tymmon flees into the forest, where he acquires a strange animal companion and plots to rescue his father.

Tags

AdventureAnimal FantasyHistorical Fantasy