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The Old Country

Mordicai Gerstein (2005)

SubgenreDark Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.85
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

WarBody HorrorDeceptionAnimal Harm

Positive tags

SurvivalSelf-DiscoveryRedemption ArcHeartwarming

Heroine archetypes

Cursed HeroineShapeshifter Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Tropes

ShapeshiftersForbidden MagicLost CivilizationFish out of WaterQuestNon-Western SettingUnreliable Narrator

Themes

IdentityWar and DisplacementTransformationMemoryComing of AgeLoss and RecoveryResilience

Synopsis

A grandmother tells her story of being tricked into exchanging her young body with that of a fox and trying to get it back while a war tore apart her home and her country.

Tags

Folktale-InspiredHistorical FantasyBody SwapAnimal Transformation