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The Door to Lost Pages

Claude Lalumière (2011)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age13
Goodreads3.38

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Synopsis

"On her tenth birthday, Aydee runs away from home and from her neglectful parents. ... a series of frightening, bewildering encounters with strange primordial creatures leads her to a bookshop called Lost Pages, where she steps into a fantastic, sometimes dangerous, but exciting life. Aydee grows up at the reality-hopping Lost Pages, which seems to attract a clientele that is both eccentric and desperate. She is repeatedly drawn into an eternal war between enigmatic gods and monsters, until the day she is confronted by her worst nightmare: herself"--P. [4] of cover.

Is The Door to Lost Pages appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 13 and up.

A runaway child enters a magical bookshop and gets drawn into interdimensional conflicts between gods and monsters. Contains frightening creatures, fantasy violence, and themes of parental neglect.

What to know going in

This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include child harm, abandonment, and violence.

Who'll love this

Teens will enjoy the imaginative world-hopping adventure and watching Aydee find her place in a magical bookshop fighting cosmic battles.

Tags

Portal FantasyUrban FantasyLiterary FantasyMultidimensional Travel