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Winter's Child

Cameron Dokey (2009)

SubgenreFairy Tale Retelling
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
SeriesOnce Upon a Time #
Setting
CSM age12
Goodreads3.61
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

KidnappingHeartbreakAbandonment

Positive tags

Second ChanceFriendshipQuestRedemption ArcHeartwarming

Hero archetypes

Fish out of WaterCursed Hero

Heroine archetypes

Reluctant HeroineComing-of-Age Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Duo / PartnersQuest

Tropes

Fairy Tale RetellingChildhood Friends to LoversQuestRescue MissionFish out of WaterIce Queen / Snow QueenReluctant HeroSecond Chance

Themes

Coming of AgeLove and LossFriendshipRedemptionSelf-DiscoveryForgivenessRegret

Synopsis

A retelling of the Andersen tale in which childhood best friends, Kai and Grace, grow apart as teenagers after Grace spurns Kai's declaration of love, and a dejected Kai is lured away by the mysterious Snow Queen, leaving Grace to realize her loss and determined to find him and bring him back.

Tags

RomanceAdventureMythology and Folklore