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The Revenant

Sonia Gensler (2011)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age13
Goodreads3.66
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

DeathDeath of ChildGriefDeception

Positive tags

MysteryComing of AgeSelf-Discovery

Heroine archetypes

Fish out of WaterHeroine with Secret

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Tropes

Hidden IdentityFish out of WaterHaunted LocationComing of AgeHistorical Fantasy

Themes

IdentityGuilt and ResponsibilityCultural DisplacementTruth vs DeceptionGriefJustice for the Dead

Synopsis

When seventeen-year-old Willemina Hammond fakes credentials to get a teaching position at a school for Cherokee girls in nineteenth-century Oklahoma, she is haunted by the ghost of a drowned student.

Tags

Historical FictionGothicGhost StoryMystery