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The Prophet of Yonwood

Jeanne DuPrau (2007-05-08)

Subgenre
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age10

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Heroine archetypes

Coming-of-Age Heroine

Synopsis

While visiting the small town of Yonwood, North Carolina, eleven-year-old Nickie makes some decisions about how to identify both good and evil when she witnesses the townspeople's reactions to the apocalyptic visions of one of their neighbors.

Tags

Dystopian FictionSocial CommentaryPsychological Drama

Is The Prophet of Yonwood appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 10 and up.

An 11-year-old girl witnesses how fear and apocalyptic visions can lead a community to make questionable moral choices. Explores themes of religious extremism and mass hysteria in an age-appropriate way that encourages critical thinking.

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include manipulation, religious extremism, and mass hysteria.

Who'll love this

A girl must figure out who's really good and who's bad when her town starts following a woman with scary visions about the end of the world.