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The Death Catchers

Jennifer Anne Kogler (2011)

SubgenreDark Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.89

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Death

Synopsis

Through a letter to her English teacher, fourteen-year-old Lizzy Mortimer of Crabapple, California, relates her discovery that she and her eccentric grandmother are kin to Morgan le Faye, charged with saving the last descendant of King Arthur from an untimely death that would endanger the world.

Is The Death Catchers appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 10 and up.

A middle grade fantasy adventure featuring Arthurian legend and a young heroine discovering her magical heritage. Suitable for ages 10+ with mild peril and death-related themes appropriate to the genre.

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include death.

Who'll love this

A fourteen-year-old girl discovers she's descended from Morgan le Faye and must save King Arthur's last descendant in this magical adventure told through letters.

Tags

Arthurian FantasyContemporary FantasyHistorical Fantasy ElementsEpistolary Novel