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Infernal Devices

Philip Reeve (2017-05-30)

Subgenre
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age13
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

ViolenceParental PerilWar

Positive tags

AdventureComing of AgeFamily BondQuest

Hero archetypes

Reluctant HeroFamily Man

Heroine archetypes

Coming-of-Age HeroineRebellious Daughter

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Tropes

DystopiaPost-ApocalypticFound FamilyReluctant HeroComing-of-AgeParent-Child DynamicOld Tech MysteryMobile Cities

Themes

AdventureBoredom and PurposeComing of AgeConsequencesFamily BondsLegacyOld vs New Technology

Synopsis

In the distant future, when fifteen-year-old Wren Natsworthy, bored with life in Anchorage, steals an Old-Tech book for a Lost Boy, she sets off a sequence of events that leads her parents, Tom and Hester, back into battle with old enemies and new.

Tags

SteampunkPost-Apocalyptic AdventureFamily DramaYA Adventure

Is Infernal Devices appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 13 and up.

Set in a future with mobile cities, this YA adventure features moderate action violence and battle sequences as parents are drawn back into conflict. Language is mild, no sexual content.

What to know going in

This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include violence, parental peril, and war.

Who'll love this

Teens will enjoy this action-packed steampunk adventure about a bored girl whose theft triggers an epic quest involving her parents' past.