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The Dead Boys

Royce Buckingham (2010)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age11
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

DeathDeath of ChildBody HorrorGriefViolence

Positive tags

Coming of AgeFriendshipSurvivalSelf-Discovery

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age ProtagonistOutcast / LonerFish out of Water

Tropes

Coming of AgeFish out of WaterReluctant HeroFound FamilyHorror ElementsSmall Town MysterySupernatural Threat

Themes

Loneliness and ConnectionConfronting FearFriendship Beyond DeathEnvironmental HorrorGrowing upIsolationLoss

Synopsis

Timid twelve-year-old Teddy Mathews and his mother move to a small, remote desert town in eastern Washington, where the tree next door, mutated by nuclear waste, eats children and the friends Teddy makes turn out to be dead.

Tags

Horror FantasyContemporary FantasyDark FantasySupernatural