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Those That Wake

Jesse Karp (2011)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SeriesThose That Wake #1
Setting
CSM age13+
Goodreads3.03
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

AmnesiaMemory ManipulationAbandonmentMental Manipulation

Positive tags

MysteryAdventureSurvivalFriendship

Hero archetypes

Amnesiac Hero

Heroine archetypes

Amnesiac Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Duo / PartnersFish out of Water

Tropes

Lost CivilizationForgotten IdentityQuestDystopian SocietyReality ManipulationMemory Erasure

Themes

Memory and IdentityConsumer Culture CritiqueReality vs IllusionLoss and AbandonmentSearch for TruthCorporate ControlExistential Threats

Synopsis

When a consumer-driven future society runs amok, unleashing near-cosmic forces, Mal and Laura search for their families only to find that something or someone has erased them from the memories of everyone they have ever known.

Is Those That Wake appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 13 and up.

Teens face memory manipulation and a reality-warping threat in a dystopian consumer society. Moderate violence and psychological tension with themes of identity loss and abandonment.

What to know going in

This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include amnesia, memory manipulation, and abandonment (see the full list above).

Who'll love this

A mind-bending mystery where two teens must uncover why everyone has forgotten they exist in a world where reality itself is under attack.

Tags

DystopianUrban FantasySpeculative FictionScience Fantasy