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The Squampkin Patch: A Nasselrogt Adventure

J. T. Petty (2006)

SubgenreEpic Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads4.04

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Synopsis

After escaping from the Urchin House Orphanage, Milton, age eleven, and his sister Chloe, age eight, settle into the empty house of a candy maker where they encounter a very sinister pumpkin patch. Includes a recipe for pumpkin chocolate chip cookies.

Is The Squampkin Patch: A Nasselrogt Adventure appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 10 and up.

Two orphaned siblings escape their orphanage and encounter sinister supernatural forces in an abandoned house. Contains dark fantasy elements and peril appropriate for middle grade readers who enjoy spooky stories.

What to know going in

This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include child harm, abandonment, and orphan (see the full list above).

Who'll love this

Kids who love creepy adventures will enjoy following two brave orphans as they face mysterious dangers in a haunted candy maker's house.

Tags

Dark FairytaleGothic FantasyHorror Elements