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Synopsis
In an alternate 1950s, mechanically gifted fifteen-year-old Aoife Grayson, whose family has a history of going mad at sixteen, must leave the totalitarian city of Lovecraft and venture into the world of magic to solve the mystery of her brother's disappearance and the mysteries surrounding her father and the Land of Thorn.
Is The Iron Thorn (The Iron Codex #1) appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
A steampunk YA fantasy with a fifteen-year-old heroine facing a family curse of madness while searching for her missing brother. Expect moderate adventure violence and themes of mental illness, but no sexual content or strong language.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include mental illness, abandonment, and family history of madness.
Who'll love this
Teens will love the unique steampunk setting mixing 1950s technology with magic, plus a heroine racing against time to solve mysteries before her sixteenth birthday.