Thirteen-year-old Opal, grieving her mother's death, moves to Austin with her eccentric uncle and discovers a colony of music-loving bats facing extermination.
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Thirteen-year-old Opal, grieving her mother's death, moves to Austin with her eccentric uncle and discovers a colony of music-loving bats facing extermination.
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A National Bestseller! . Includes a beautiful map of Austin on the underside of the jacket! After losing her mother, thirteen-year-old Opal moves in with her uncle Roscoe on the family farm. There, Opal bonds with Uncle Roscoe over music and befriends a group of orphaned, music-loving bats. But just as the farm is starting to feel like home, the bats' cave is destroyed by a big mining company with its sights set on the farmland next. If Opal and the bats can fit in anywhere, it's the nearby city...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Protagonist visits set of an R-rated movie with adult themes, but no explicit sexual scenes depicted.
Violence & gore
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Minor conflicts involving prejudice and threats to bats, no graphic violence or gore.
Profanity
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No profanity or strong language present.
Substance use
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No substance use depicted.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQIA+ representation present.
Religious content
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No religious themes present.
Witchcraft / occult
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No witchcraft or occult elements present.
Political content
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Themes of prejudice against outsiders, environmental protection of wildlife, and embracing eccentricity in community.
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide depicted.
Sexual assault
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No sexual assault or coercion present.
Abuse & suffering
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Emotional suffering from parental loss; attempts to exterminate bats via pesticides as animal cruelty.
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