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The Vanishing Act

Mette Jakobsen (2012)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.31
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

DeathDeath of ChildAbandonmentGrief

Positive tags

Self-DiscoveryHealing ArcMysteryMentor Figure

Heroine archetypes

OrphanComing-of-Age Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Tropes

Coming of AgeMentor FigureFish out of WaterMysterious DeathIsolated Setting

Themes

Grief and LossAbandonmentMysteryIsolationComing of AgeFinding TruthFamily Trauma

Synopsis

Living alone on a tiny, snow-covered island with her father, dog and a magician, twelve-year-old Minou deals with her mother's abandonment and hopes to find an explanation when a dead boy washes up on the beach.

Tags

Literary FictionMagical RealismMysteryContemporary Fantasy