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The Year the Maps Changed

The Year the Maps Changed

by Danielle Binks

Book Details

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2022
Language: en
Pages: 368
ISBN: 9780063211605
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Looky Rating System Score adjusted for ages 8+

Confidence: 75%

Content Intensity

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💥ViolenceNone
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❤️Love & RomanceNone
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🧠Mental HealthModerate
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💬!*$#LanguageNone
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🍷🚬Substance UseNone
1
😨Fear / HorrorVery low

Story Themes

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🧙Fantasy / SupernaturalNot present
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🏳️‍🌈LGBTQ+ RepresentationNot present
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🚀Sci-Fi / FuturisticNot present
0
Disability & NeurodiversityNot present

Description

Wolf Hollow meets The Thing About Jellyfish in Danielle Binks's debut middle grade novel set in 1999, where a twelve-year-old girl grapples with the meaning of home and family amidst a refugee crisis that has divided her town. "Timeless and beautiful, and it deserves to be read by people of all ages." --Printz Award-winning author Melina Marchetta If you asked eleven-year-old Fred to draw a map of her family, it would be a bit confusing.

Themes & Topics

Juvenile FictionFamilyParentsBlended FamiliesPeople & PlacesAustralia & OceaniaSocial ThemesAdolescence & Coming of AgeDeath, Grief, BereavementEmotions & FeelingsFriendshipPrejudice & RacismBullyingEmigration & Immigration
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