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The Watch House

Robert Westall (1977)

SubgenreChildren's Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.65
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

DeathGriefSupernatural Horror

Positive tags

Coming of AgeSelf-DiscoveryMystery

Heroine archetypes

Coming-of-Age HeroineReluctant Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Tropes

Haunted LocationAncient Evil ReturnsFish out of WaterReluctant HeroMuseum Setting

Themes

Coming of AgeConfronting the PastGood vs EvilIsolationSupernatural InvestigationHistorical Memory

Synopsis

While spending the summer with her old nurse on the north English coast, a teen-age girl discovers that her presence in the nearby Watch House, a museum containing relics of shipwrecks and rescues, releases a powerful and evil ghost.

Tags

Ghost StoryGothic HorrorHistorical FictionSupernatural Thriller