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The Pit

Dafydd ab Hugh (1996)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SeriesSwept Away #3
Setting
CSM age13
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

DeathPlague/EpidemicMass DeathGrief

Positive tags

Coming of AgeSurvivalSelf-DiscoveryAdventure

Hero archetypes

Time-Displaced HeroFish out of Water

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age ProtagonistTime-Displaced

Tropes

Time TravelFish out of WaterComing of AgeHistorical FantasySurvivalPortal Fantasy

Themes

SurvivalHistory and MemoryIdentityDisplacementResilienceComing of Age

Synopsis

Oliver, a contemporary London boy, finds himself, through a series of strange events, thrown back in time to the middle of the plague epidemic raging through London in the mid-seventeenth century.

Tags

Historical FantasyTime Travel FantasyPlague Fiction