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The Pictish Child

Jane Yolen (1999)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
SeriesTartan Magic #2
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.51
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

DeathMass DeathViolenceGrief

Positive tags

AdventureFound FamilyFriendshipHopeful EndingHealing Arc

Hero archetypes

Time-Displaced Hero

Heroine archetypes

Orphan

Protagonist archetypes

Multiple POVsTime-DisplacedFish out of Water

Tropes

Time TravelFish out of WaterPortal FantasyComing of AgeFound FamilyQuestNon-Western Setting

Themes

Cultural HeritageHistory and MemoryFriendship Across TimeLoss and SurvivalIdentityHelping OthersScotland

Synopsis

While visiting relatives in Scotland, three children come to the aid of a refugee from the distant past, a young Pict girl escaping a massacre of her people.

Tags

Time Travel FantasyHistorical FantasyMiddle Grade Adventure