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Westfallen

Ann Brashares (2024-09-17)

Subgenre
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages384 (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age10
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

War

Positive tags

AdventureFriendshipFound FamilyMysterySelf-Discovery

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age ProtagonistEnsemble CastFish Out of WaterMultiple POVsTime-Displaced

Tropes

Time TravelAlternate HistoryFound FamilyTime LoopHistorical Connection

Themes

Coming of AgeCommunicationConsequencesFriendship Across TimeHistorical ResponsibilityTeamworkWorld War II History

Synopsis

Told in alternating voices and timelines, twelve-year-old Henry and his two friends unknowingly alter the outcome of World War II when they communicate over radio with three kids from 1944 and must now work together to change it back.

Tags

Time TravelHistorical FictionMiddle Grade Adventure

Is Westfallen appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 10 and up.

Kids communicate via radio across time periods and inadvertently change WWII history, then must work together to fix it. Contains mild war-related peril and historical themes but no graphic content.

What to know going in

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

Who'll love this

An exciting time-travel mystery where modern kids team up with kids from 1944 to fix history after a radio connection goes wrong.