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Twenty-four Hours

Margaret Mahy (2000)

SubgenreMiddle Grade Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages191 (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.25/5 (189)
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

Kidnapping

Positive tags

AdventureComing of AgeSelf-DiscoveryFriendshipHeroic Rescue

Hero archetypes

Coming-of-Age Hero

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age ProtagonistReluctant Hero

Tropes

Coming of AgeFish out of WaterTwenty-Four Hour AdventureReluctant HeroKidnapping Rescue

Themes

Coming of AgeIdentityFriendshipTransformationHeroismResponsibility

Synopsis

When New Zealander Ellis returns to spend the summer before college at home, he runs into an old delinquent school chum. During the next twenty-four hours Ellis shaves his head, gets a tattoo, falls in love, and rescues a kidnapped baby.

Tags

Contemporary FantasyAdventureRealistic Fiction