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Cover of The Doll in the Garden

The Doll in the Garden

Mary Downing Hahn (1989)

SubgenreChildren's Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages128 (Quick Read (<250))
SettingSpace
CSM age8+
Goodreads4.05/5 (9077)
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

DeathGrief

Positive tags

FriendshipMysteryComing of AgeAdventureSelf-Discovery

Heroine archetypes

Coming-of-Age HeroineCurious Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Tropes

Time TravelForbidden MagicComing of AgeFish out of WaterMysteryHaunted Location

Themes

FriendshipCuriosityConsequencesTimeLossForbidden Places

Synopsis

Ten-year-old Ashley follows a kitten through an opening in the hedge; into a garden she has been warned never to go to.

Tags

Ghost StoryTime TravelParanormalMystery