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Mio, My Son

Name: Mio, My Son
Author: Astrid Lindgren

by Astrid Lindgren

1954•Family•178 pages

Taste attributes: familyfantasyadventuremyth/fairytalewholesomeimaginarylinearbig & variedemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardycoming of age

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Boxlist takeLarger-than-life and stirring: a wholesome family novel. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: wholesome · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Open Library rating

5.0 / 5

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About This Book

Summary, Young Anders is carried away from his bleak life as an unloved foster child in Sweden, to become Mio, the son of the King of Farawayland.

Description: Open Library

Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

FamilyFantasyAdventureMyth/fairytaleHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardyComing of age

Subjects

Foster childrenJuvenile fictionFairy talesAdventure and adventurersFathers and sonsChildren's storiesKings, queens, rulersRhaeto-Romance/Romansh literature

Details

Author: Astrid Lindgren
Published: 1954
Pages: 178
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Source: Open Library

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