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The Stove Haunting

Bel Mooney (1986)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.67
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Class StrugglePolitical Violence

Positive tags

Coming of AgeSelf-DiscoveryAdventureHistorical Learning

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age ProtagonistTime-DisplacedFish out of Water

Tropes

Time TravelPortal FantasyComing of AgeFish out of WaterHistorical SettingWorking Class Hero

Themes

Class StruggleLabor RightsTime TravelIdentityHistorical JusticeSocial ChangeComing of Age

Synopsis

When his family moves to a large rambling house in the English countryside, Daniel discovers an old stove which leads to a journey into the past, to 1835, where as a kitchen servant, he becomes involved in the local farm workers' dangerous plans to form a union.

Tags

Historical FantasyTime SlipSocial HistoryMiddle Grade Adventure