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The Shadow-Collector's Apprentice

Amy Gordon (2012)

SubgenreDark Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.34
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

AbandonmentDeath of Parent

Positive tags

MysteryComing of AgeMentor FigureSelf-Discovery

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age ProtagonistApprenticeOrphan

Tropes

Mentor FigureComing of AgeFish out of WaterMysterious MentorHidden MagicApprentice

Themes

Coming of AgeFamilyMysteryLossIdentityMagic in the Mundane

Synopsis

In the summer of 1963, after his father has inexplicably disappeared leaving Cully with his three eccentric aunts on their barely profitable apple farm, Cully goes to work for a mysterious antiques dealer who has the strange hobby of collecting shadows.

Tags

Historical FantasyMysteryLiterary Fantasy