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Content levels
ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone
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Synopsis
A year after her father, a poet who identified with fauns and satyrs, has been found dead in a motel swimming pool, a strange faun-boy appears to Melissa, seeming to be the reincarnation of her beloved father's spirit.
Is The Stone Silenus appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 10 and up.
A gentle fantasy exploring grief after the death of a parent, with supernatural elements as a young girl processes her loss through encounters with a mystical faun-boy who may embody her father's spirit.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include death of parent, death, and grief.
Who'll love this
A girl grieving her father meets a mysterious faun-boy who might help her understand and accept what she's lost.
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Contemporary FantasyMagical RealismPsychological Fantasy