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Violence
Some
WWII occupation violence; the wartime storyline involves real danger
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief romantic content in both timelines
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The weight of wartime moral choices and what descendants carry forward without knowing
What this book is about
Present-day Alice discovers that her great-great-aunt Adaline lived in occupied Paris — and that her apartment has been sealed since 1944. The alternating timelines show Adaline's wartime choices alongside Alice's search for the truth. Taylor's dual-timeline YA is emotionally intelligent and more nuanced than typical WWII YA.
Notes for sensitive readers
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WWII occupation violence
Moral complexity of collaboration vs. resistance
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