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The Summer King

O. R. Melling (2000)

SubgenreMiddle Grade Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG
Pages224 (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age13
Goodreads4.10/5 (3119)

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Death of SiblingGrief

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Synopsis

Seventeen-year-old Laurel returns to her grandparents' home in Ireland, where she encounters "the roly-poly man," a cluricaun who sets Laurel on a quest to free her twin sister, thought to be dead, to live with her lover in the legendary world of Faerie.

Tags

Celtic FantasyMythological FantasyContemporary FantasyQuest Fantasy