← Back to search
Cover of The King in the Window

The King in the Window

Adam Gopnik (2005)

SubgenreEpic Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.62
Buy on Amazon ↗Buy on Bookshop.org ↗Buy on Apple Books ↗

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

ViolenceDeath

Positive tags

AdventureComing of AgeFriendshipQuestSelf-Discovery

Hero archetypes

Coming-of-Age HeroChosen OneFish out of Water

Protagonist archetypes

Chosen OneFish out of Water

Tropes

Chosen OneComing of AgeFish out of WaterHidden WorldPortal FantasyQuestSecret WarUrban Fantasy

Themes

Coming of AgeGood vs EvilHidden WorldsIdentityImaginationReality vs FantasyResponsibility

Synopsis

Eleven-year-old Oliver, an American boy residing in Paris, discovers, much to his astonishment, that phantoms live within the windowpanes and have selected Oliver to lead a war against the "soul-stealers" that inhabit mirrors.

Tags

Contemporary FantasyPortal FantasyUrban Fantasy