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Trundle's Quest

Allan Frewin Jones (2010)

SubgenreMiddle Grade Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
SeriesThe Six Crowns / Sundered Lands #1
Setting
CSM age8
Goodreads3.57
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Not yet tagged

Positive tags

AdventureQuestFound FamilyHopeful EndingHumor

Hero archetypes

Commoner / PeasantReluctant HeroChosen One

Heroine archetypes

Mysterious Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Duo / PartnersChosen One

Tropes

Chosen OneProphecyQuestFish out of WaterReluctant HeroMentor FigureAncient ArtifactFellowshipComing of Age

Themes

Destiny vs ChoiceSelf-DiscoveryAdventureCourageFriendship

Synopsis

Badger Trundle Boldoak's simple life as the town lamplighter is turned upside-down the night he meets Esmeralda, a Roamany hedgehog, who whisks him away on a quest to find six fabled crowns and fulfill his role in an ancient prophecy.

Is Trundle's Quest appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 8 and up.

A charming animal fantasy quest with mild peril typical of middle grade adventures. No concerning content—just prophecies, crowns, and a reluctant badger hero.

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language.

Who'll love this

Kids will love following a bumbling badger lamplighter who gets swept into an epic quest with talking animals and magical crowns.

Tags

Animal FantasyQuest StoryAnthropomorphic Characters