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Heroine archetypes
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Synopsis
When her desperately ill older brother insists that she take him into their mysterious backyard garden, designed by their quantum physicist great uncle, fourteen-year-old Susan discovers that things are not always what they seem.
Is The Last Universe appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 10 and up.
A middle grade fantasy about a girl whose ill brother leads her into a mysterious garden that reveals alternate realities. Themes of serious illness, grief, and sibling devotion are handled sensitively with mild peril but no graphic content.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include death of a loved one, grief, and chronic illness.
Who'll love this
A mysterious garden designed by a physicist uncle becomes a gateway to mind-bending adventures when Susan's sick brother insists on exploring it.