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Cover of The Turning

The Turning

Francine Prose (2012)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy

Age groupYA 12-17

Content ratingPG-13

Pages (Standard (250-400))

Setting

CSM age14

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Content levels

ViolenceModerate

Sexual contentNone

LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

Child Harm Psychological Horror Gaslighting Mental Manipulation Haunted Location

Positive tags

Mystery Coming of Age Survival

Hero archetypes

Coming-of-Age Hero Fish out of Water

Tropes

Haunted Location Unreliable Narrator Fish out of Water Isolated Setting Mysterious Children

Themes

Sanity vs Madness Reality vs Perception Isolation Duty and Responsibility Loss of Innocence Gothic Horror

Synopsis

"A teen boy becomes the babysitter for two very peculiar children on a haunted island in this modern retelling of The Turn of the Screw"--

Tags

Gothic HorrorPsychological ThrillerModern RetellingHaunted House