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The Tower Room

Dorothy Daniels (1965)

SubgenreEpic Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age13
Goodreads3.61

Content levels

ViolenceNone
Sexual contentMild
LanguageNone

Hero archetypes

Mysterious Hero

Heroine archetypes

OrphanFish out of Water

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Synopsis

In a modern version of the Rapunzel fairy tale, Megan, who lives at a secluded girl's school where her foster mother is headmistress, falls in love for the first time with the young man her foster mother has chosen for herself.

Is The Tower Room appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 13 and up.

A clean romantic retelling of Rapunzel set in a girls' school, featuring a sheltered young woman navigating first love and romantic rivalry with her foster mother. Romance remains chaste with mild tension.

What to know going in

This book has no graphic violence, mild sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include manipulation and power imbalance.

Who'll love this

Teens will connect with Megan's journey of discovering romance and independence while trapped in her isolated world at the school.

Tags

Gothic RomanceFairy Tale RetellingBoarding School