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Jack-in-the-Box Planet

Robert Hoskins (1978)

SubgenreCyberpunk
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads4.17
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

AbandonmentDeathMass DeathPlague/EpidemicPost-Apocalyptic SettingSurvival

Positive tags

AdventureComing of AgeSelf-DiscoverySurvivalHopeful Ending

Hero archetypes

Coming-of-Age HeroOrphanLast Survivor

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age ProtagonistFish Out of WaterLast Survivor

Tropes

Post-ApocalypticRobot CompanionLost ColonyDystopia

Themes

Coming of AgeHopeHumanity After CatastropheIsolationSearch for CommunitySelf-DiscoverySurvival

Synopsis

Finally able to escape the sealed house where, under the care of robots, he has spent the years since the holocaust, Willie goes in search of other survivors on his planet.

Tags

Post-Apocalyptic FictionSurvival StoryRobot Companions