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Violence
Barely any
Adventure action appropriate for middle-grade readers
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
None
No psychological intensity concerns; adventure-focused with historical interest
What this book is about
The first Seven Wonders novel follows Jack McKinley, a thirteen-year-old who discovers he carries a gene that will kill him before age fourteen unless he can find ancient power from the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Lerangis's middle-grade adventure series is propulsive and inventive, mixing ancient history with action-adventure plotting. Appropriate for the target middle-grade audience.
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