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Yesterday's Sun

Amanda Brooke (2012)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age16
Goodreads3.66

Content levels

ViolenceNone
Sexual contentMild
LanguageNone

Heroine archetypes

Coming-of-Age Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Time-Displaced

Synopsis

Newlyweds Holly and Tom have just moved into an old manor house in the picturesque English countryside. When Holly discovers a moondial in the overgrown garden little does she suspect that it will change her life forever. The moondial lets Holly see into the future -- a future which holds Tom cradling their baby daughter, Libby, and mourning Holly's death in childbirth.

Is Yesterday's Sun appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 16 and up.

This fantasy novel deals with heavy themes of death in childbirth and grief as a newlywed must grapple with a vision of her own death. The emotional weight centers on loss of life and family tragedy rather than violence or sexual content.

What to know going in

This book has no graphic violence, mild sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include death, death of a loved one, and grief (see the full list above).

Who'll love this

Teens interested in emotional fantasy stories about fate, time travel, and the lengths someone will go to change their future will find this moving.

Tags

Contemporary FantasyMagical RealismWomen's FictionTime Slip