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Hero archetypes
Heroine archetypes
Synopsis
In late eighteenth-century Northumberland, England, sixteen-year-old Jessamine Luxton is so desperate to find Weed, who her father says deserted her when she was at death's door, that she asks for help from the evil Oleander.
Is The Poison Diaries: Nightshade appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
This dark fantasy set in 18th-century England involves a teenage girl making a dangerous deal with an evil character named Oleander to find someone she loves. Expect moderate peril, gothic atmosphere, and themes of desperation and dark magic.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, mild sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include death, deception, and manipulation.
Who'll love this
Teens will be drawn to Jessamine's desperate quest to find Weed and the dangerous bargain she makes with a sinister character in atmospheric historical England.