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The Drackenberg Adventure

Lloyd Alexander (1988)

SubgenreChildren's Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
SeriesThe Vesper Holly Adventures #3
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.84
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Political Violence

Positive tags

AdventureHumorMentor FigureMysteryFriendship

Heroine archetypes

Coming-of-Age HeroineReluctant Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Reluctant Hero

Tropes

Fish out of WaterHistorical FantasyPolitical IntrigueVillain SchemingQuestTravel AdventureRecurring Villain

Themes

AdventureFriendshipLoyaltyJusticeCouragePolitical IntrigueResourcefulness

Synopsis

In 1873 seventeen-year-old Vesper Holly and her guardians travel to an obscure European grand duchy, where their archenemy Dr. Helvitius is pursuing a lost art treasure and engineering the country's annexation by a neighboring kingdom.

Tags

Historical AdventureMysteryAction-AdventureVictorian Era Fantasy