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The Ghost Cadet

Elaine Marie Alphin (1991)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.89
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

DeathWarGrief

Positive tags

FriendshipMysteryHeartwarmingSelf-DiscoveryHealing Arc

Hero archetypes

Ghost / Supernatural Hero

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age ProtagonistFish out of Water

Tropes

Ghost CompanionComing of AgeFish out of WaterQuestHistorical ConnectionLost Artifact

Themes

Friendship Across TimeUnderstanding HistoryFamily ConnectionHelping Others Find PeaceSouthern HistoryComing of Age

Synopsis

Twelve-year-old Benjy, in Virginia visiting the grandmother he has never met, meets the ghost of a Virginia Military Institute cadet who was killed in the Battle of New Market in 1864 and helps him recover his family's treasured gold watch.

Tags

Historical FantasyGhost StorySouthern GothicTime-Bridging Narrative