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Cover of The Cure

The Cure

Sherman Rivers (2005)

SubgenreEpic Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age13
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

AntisemitismRacismPlague/EpidemicDeathMass DeathViolence

Positive tags

Coming of AgeSelf-DiscoveryHistorical LearningCourage

Hero archetypes

Time-Displaced HeroComing-of-Age Hero

Protagonist archetypes

Time-Displaced

Tropes

Time TravelFish out of WaterComing of AgeHistorical FantasyPortal Fantasy

Themes

Confronting PrejudiceHistorical InjusticeIdentityMoral CourageCultural HeritageWitnessing HistoryComing of Age

Synopsis

A sixteen-year-old boy living in 2407 collides with the past when he finds himself in Strasbourg in 1348 confronting the anti-Semitism that sweeps through Europe during the Black Plague.

Tags

Historical FantasyTime TravelHistorical FictionJewish Representation