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The Secret World of Polly Flint

Helen Cresswell (1982)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.98
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Content levels

ViolenceNone
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Abandonment

Positive tags

MysterySelf-DiscoveryAdventureHeartwarming

Heroine archetypes

Fish out of Water

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Tropes

Fish out of WaterLost CivilizationTime TravelComing of AgeHidden IdentityPortal Fantasy

Themes

Time and MemorySeeing the InvisibleBelongingLost HistoriesIsolationConnection Across Time

Synopsis

Polly Flint, a girl who sees things other people can't, finds herself involved with the "time gypsies" of Grimstone, inhabitants of a lost village who have become trapped in a time not their own.

Tags

Time Slip FantasyHistorical FantasyQuiet FantasyBritish Middle Grade