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The Search for Happily-Ever-After

Patricia Goehner Baehr (1995)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupChildren 5-8
Content ratingG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age6
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Content levels

ViolenceNone
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

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Positive tags

AdventureSelf-DiscoveryHeartwarmingHappy EndingFriendship

Heroine archetypes

Fish out of WaterComing-of-Age Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Fish out of Water

Tropes

Portal FantasyFish out of WaterComing of AgeQuestFound FamilyFairy Tale Retelling

Themes

Self-WorthIdentitySisterhoodBelongingHelping OthersFinding Your Place

Synopsis

Tired of not measuring up to her sisters, Ketti finds herself transported through a wormhole to a land of fairy tale characters where she helps Cinderella's coachman-rat achieve his "happily-ever-after."

Is The Search for Happily-Ever-After appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 6 and up.

A gentle portal fantasy where a girl feeling inadequate compared to her sisters travels to a fairy tale world and helps a character find happiness, teaching lessons about self-worth and kindness.

What to know going in

This book has no graphic violence, no sexual content, and clean language.

Who'll love this

Kids will love the magical journey into a world of fairy tale characters where the main character helps others and discovers her own value.

Tags

Fairy Tale RetellingPortal AdventureContemporary Fantasy