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Cover of The Iron Thorn (The Iron Codex #1)

The Iron Thorn (The Iron Codex #1)

Caitlin Kittredge (2011)

SubgenreSteampunk
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SeriesThe Iron Codex #1
Setting
CSM age13
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

Mental IllnessAbandonmentFamily History of Madness

Positive tags

Coming of AgeQuestSelf-DiscoveryAdventure

Hero archetypes

Outcast / Loner

Heroine archetypes

Coming-of-Age HeroineCursed Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age ProtagonistCursed ProtagonistReluctant Hero

Tropes

Coming of AgeQuestFish out of WaterHidden IdentityReluctant HeroPortal FantasyForbidden MagicLost Civilization

Themes

Coming of AgeMadness and SanityFamily LegacyIdentityTechnology vs MagicTotalitarianismSelf-Discovery

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.

Tags

SteampunkAlternate HistoryDystopianUrban Fantasy