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The Dark Secret

R. L. Stine (1995)

SubgenreYA Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
SeriesThe Cataluna Chronicles #2
Setting
CSM age13
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

DeathSupernatural HorrorCurse

Positive tags

MysteryFriendshipSibling Bond

Heroine archetypes

Coming-of-Age HeroineCursed Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Duo / PartnersCursed Protagonist

Tropes

Cursed ObjectHaunted CarUrban FantasySupernatural ThreatStepsibling BondDark Past Returns

Themes

Supernatural HorrorFamily BondsPast Haunting PresentComing of AgeCurse and Consequences

Synopsis

Thrilled when they get their own first car in a hot Cataluna, stepsisters Regina and Lauren become the latest victims of Bad Luck Catherine as a dark hunt from the past is paralleled in the lives of the two girls. Original.

Tags

HorrorSupernatural ThrillerContemporary Fantasy