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The Witch's Brat

Rosemary Sutcliff (1970)

SubgenreHistorical Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.84
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

AbleismViolenceChild HarmAbandonment

Positive tags

Healing ArcRedemption ArcFound FamilyHopeful EndingSelf-Discovery

Hero archetypes

OrphanHealer / Cleric

Protagonist archetypes

Disabled / Differently-Abled ProtagonistComing-of-Age ProtagonistOutcast / Loner

Tropes

Coming of AgeFish out of WaterOutcast / LonerHealerMedieval EuropeanRedemption ArcMentor Figure

Themes

Healing and MedicineDisability and AbleismRedemptionSocial OutcastsMedieval LifeFaith and SpiritualitySelf-Worth

Synopsis

The knowledge of herbs and healing that once prompted the villagers to stone him out of town eventually becomes the salvation for a crippled boy in twelfth-century England.

Tags

Historical FictionMedieval EnglandDisability RepresentationReligious Life