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The Aviary

Kathleen O'Dell (2011)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.77

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Abandonment

Hero archetypes

Outcast / Loner

Heroine archetypes

OrphanComing-of-Age Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Synopsis

In late nineteenth-century Maine, isolated, eleven-year-old Clara Dooley gains a friend and uncovers a magical secret that changes her life when she learns to care for the once-feared birds in the aviary attached to the Glendoveer mansion where she lives.

Tags

Historical FantasyMagical RealismAnimal Fantasy