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Cover of The Ghosts of Rathburn Park

The Ghosts of Rathburn Park

Zilpha Keatley Snyder (2002)

SubgenreChildren's Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.32
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Abandonment

Positive tags

AdventureComing of AgeSelf-DiscoverySurvival

Hero archetypes

Coming-of-Age Hero

Protagonist archetypes

Fish out of WaterReluctant Hero

Tropes

Coming of AgeFish out of WaterHaunted LocationLost CivilizationQuestReluctant HeroSupernatural Elements

Themes

SurvivalFear and CourageSelf-RelianceComing of AgeThe Supernatural

Synopsis

Lost in the woods of Rathburn Park, eleven-year-old Matthew weighs the odds of dying from thirst, embarrassment, or at the hands of the forest's reputed ghostly inhabitants.

Tags

Ghost StoryMysterySurvival Tale