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The Awakening Water

G. R. Kesteven (1977)

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

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Drug-Related ContentPolitical ViolenceManipulation

Positive tags

Coming of AgeSelf-DiscoveryRebellionSurvival

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age ProtagonistReluctant HeroRebel / Revolutionary

Tropes

Coming of AgeRebellionFish out of WaterReluctant HeroDystopian Society

Themes

Freedom vs ControlComing of AgeIdentityPower and CorruptionResistanceSelf-DiscoveryTotalitarianism

Synopsis

After the devastation of 1997, 13-year-old Watford Nine John accidentally breaks out of the regimen, imposed by the Party with the surreptitious use of drugs, and decides not to return.

Tags

DystopianScience FictionPolitical Fiction