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Shark Summer by Ira Marcks

Shark Summer by Ira Marcks

When a Hollywood film crew arrives on Martha’s Vineyard with a mechanical shark and a youth film contest boasting a huge cash prize, disgraced pitcher Gayle “Blue Streak” Briar sees a chance to turn a bad season into the best summer ever.

After recruiting aspiring cinematographer Elijah Jones and moody director Maddie Grey, Gayle and her crew set out to uncover the truth of the island’s own phantom shark and win the prize money. But these unlikely friends are about to discover what happens when you turn your camera toward the bad things lurking below the surface.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Physical injury
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Cheer Up by Crystal Frasier

Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier and illustrated by Val Wise

Annie is a smart, antisocial lesbian starting her senior year of high school who’s under pressure to join the cheerleader squad to make friends and round out her college applications. Her former friend BeeBee is a people-pleaser—a trans girl who must keep her parents happy with her grades and social life to keep their support of her transition. Through the rigors of squad training and amped up social pressures (not to mention micro aggressions and other queer youth problems), the two girls rekindle a friendship they thought they’d lost and discover there may be other, sweeter feelings springing up between them. 

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Transmisia
  • Fatmisia
  • Sexual assault
  • Sexual harassment
  • Emotional abuse
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Soft Thorns Vol. II by Bridgett Devoue

soft thorns vol. ii by bridgett devoue

Soft Thorns Vol. II is a continuation of the deep and emotional journey author Bridgett Devoue started with her debut poetry collection Soft Thorns. Similar to her first book, Devoue’s lyrical and comforting writing is perfectly complemented by gorgeous illustrations.  Focusing on themes of online bullying, abusive relationships, and unrequited love, Devoue’s topics resonate.  As she explores and elaborates on these issues over eight chapters of poems, the reader will discover all the knowledge and power to be gained from facing hardships head on. Soft Thorns Vol. II is for those who are struggling to reckon with their past, apprehensive of what is to come, and a little nervous about everything in between.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Rape
  • Sexual assault
  • Toxic relationship
  • Cyberbullying
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Soft Thorns by Bridgett Devoue

soft thorns by bridgett devoue

the poetry living within these pages tells stories of love, heartbreak, freedom, oppression, sexual assault, sexism, hope and humanity. our darkest times are where we grow the most, so in this book, i share mine, and together, we learn how to heal.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Rape
  • Sexual assault
  • Eating disorder (anorexia)
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To Drink Coffee with a Ghost by Amanda Lovelace

To Drink Coffee with a Ghost by Amanda Lovelace

This book poses the ever-lingering question: What happens when someone dies before they’re able to redeem themselves?

From the bestselling & award-winning poetess, amanda lovelace, comes the finale of her illustrated duology, “things that h(a)unt.” In the first installment, to make monsters out of girls, lovelace explored the memory of being in a toxic romantic relationship. In to drink coffee with a ghost, lovelace unravels the memory of the complicated relationship she had with her now-deceased mother.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Sexual assault
  • Cheating
  • Child abuse & neglect
  • Abusive relationship
  • Eating disorder
  • Depression
  • Self harm
  • Blood & gore depiction
  • Forced hospitalisation
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To Make Monsters Out of Girls by Amanda Lovelace

To Make Monsters Out of Girls by Amanda Lovelace

“What happens when the man of your dreams turns out to be a nightmare with sharp teeth and claws?”

In this first installment, to make monsters out of girls, lovelace explores the memory of being in an abusive relationship. She poses the eternal question: Can you heal once you’ve been marked by a monster, or will the sun always sting?

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Cheating
  • Abusive relationship (theme)
  • Eating disorder
  • Self harm
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The Mermaid’s Voice Returns in This One by Amanda Lovelace

The Mermaid’s Voice Returns in This One by Amanda Lovelace

The mermaid is known for her siren song, luring bedroom-eyed sailors to their demise. However, beneath these misguided myths are tales of escapism and healing, which Lovelace weaves throughout this empowering collection of poetry, taking you on a journey from the sea to the stars. They tried to silence her once and for all, but the mermaid’s voice returns in this one.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Sexual assault
  • Child abuse
  • Intimate partner abuse
  • Eating disorder
  • Suicide
  • Self harm
  • Gun violence
  • Fire
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The Witch Doesn’t Burn in This One by Amanda Lovelace

The Witch Doesn’t Burn in This One by Amanda Lovelace

A poetry collection divided into four different parts: the The witch: supernaturally powerful, inscrutably independent, and now—indestructible. These moving, relatable poems encourage resilience and embolden women to take control of their own stories. Enemies try to judge, oppress, and marginalize her, but the witch doesn’t burn in this one.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Transmisia
  • Sexual assault
  • Child abuse
  • Intimate partner abuse
  • Eating disorders
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The Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda Lovelace

The Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda Lovelace

“Ah, life- the thing that happens to us while we’re off somewhere else blowing on dandelions & wishing ourselves into the pages of our favorite fairy tales.”

A poetry collection divided into four different parts: the princess, the damsel, the queen, & you. the princess, the damsel, & the queen piece together the life of the author in three stages, while you serves as a note to the reader & all of humankind. Explores life & all of its love, loss, grief, healing, empowerment, & inspirations.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Racism
  • Sexual assault
  • Child abuse
  • Intimate partner abuse
  • Alcoholism
  • Eating disorders
  • Suicide
  • Self harm
  • Cancer
  • Fire
  • Bullying
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