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The Suburban Strange

Nathan Kotecki (2012)

SubgenreEpic Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SeriesThe Suburban Strange #1
Setting
CSM age13
Goodreads3.5
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

DeathViolenceAnxiety

Positive tags

MysterySelf-DiscoverySurvivalSuspense

Heroine archetypes

Coming-of-Age HeroineDetective / Investigator

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Tropes

Coming of AgeMysteryCurseRace Against TimeUrban FantasyHidden Danger

Themes

Coming of AgeMystery and InvestigationFate vs Free WillSurvivalMortalityFemale Friendship

Synopsis

Fifteen-year-old Celia Balaustine discovers girls at the school are having near fatal accidents on the eve of their sixteenth birthdays, and wonders if she can find out the mystery before her own sixteenth birthday.

Is The Suburban Strange appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 13 and up.

Teen mystery with supernatural danger involving near-fatal accidents at a high school. Contains moderate peril and potential death, but appropriate for most teens who enjoy suspenseful stories.

What to know going in

This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include death, violence, and anxiety.

Who'll love this

Teens will be hooked by the race-against-time mystery as Celia tries to solve the pattern of accidents before her own birthday arrives.

Tags

MysteryThrillerContemporary FantasyParanormal