Porcupine
E918937
"Porcupine" is a young adult novel by Meg Tilly that follows a girl coping with family loss and upheaval after her father's death in a military accident.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Porcupine canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
novel
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young adult novel ⓘ |
| author | Meg Tilly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
animals as symbols
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rural landscape ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| explores |
how children process parental death
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the impact of military service on families ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
a girl coping with her father’s death in a military accident
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family upheaval after a parent’s death ⓘ |
| genre |
realistic fiction
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young adult fiction ⓘ |
| hasEmotionalTone |
bittersweet
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poignant ⓘ |
| hasForm | print ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistNickname | Jack GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistRole | daughter of a soldier ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Canadian Armed Forces families
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adjusting to change ⓘ bereavement in adolescence ⓘ extended family dynamics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCategory | Canadian young adult novel ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Jack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A girl nicknamed Jack struggles to cope after her father dies in a military accident and her family life is upended. ⓘ |
| protagonistAgeGroup | adolescent ⓘ |
| protagonistGender | female ⓘ |
| setting |
Canada
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rural farm ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
teen readers
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young adults ⓘ |
| theme |
coming of age
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coping with trauma ⓘ displacement ⓘ family loss ⓘ grief ⓘ military families ⓘ resilience ⓘ rural life ⓘ sibling relationships ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | Meg Tilly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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