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The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S by David Levithan

The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. by David Levithan

Aidan disappeared for six days. Six agonizing days of searches and police and questions and constant vigils. Then, just as suddenly as he vanished, Aidan reappears. Where has he been? The story he tells is simply. . . impossible. But it’s the story Aidan is sticking to. His brother, Lucas, wants to believe him. But Lucas is aware of what other people, including their parents, are saying: that Aidan is making it all up to disguise the fact that he ran away. When the kids in school hear Aidan’s story, they taunt him. But still Aidan clings… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Drowning mentioned
Disappearance of a child & sibling
Bullying & rumor-spreading

The Lost Property Office by James Hannibal

The Lost Property Office by James R. Hannibal

Thirteen-year-old Jack Buckles is great at finding things. Not just a missing glove or the other sock, but things normal people have long given up on ever seeing again. If only he could find his father, who has disappeared in London without a trace. But Jack s father was not who he claimed to be. It turns out that he was a member of a secret society of detectives that has served the crown for centuries and membership into the Lost Property Office is Jack s inheri… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Loss of limb
Kidnapping
Blackmail
Electrocution
Great Fire of 1666 described

Poached by Stuart Gibbs

Poached by Stuart Gibbs

Teddy Fitzroy’s back for another zoo mystery—this time it’s a koala caper—in this action-packed follow-up to Belly Up, which Kirkus Reviews called “great fun.”.. School troublemaker Vance Jessup thinks Teddy Fitzroy’s home at FunJungle, a state-of-the-art zoo and theme park, is the perfect place for a cruel prank. Vance bullies Teddy into his scheme, but the plan goes terribly awry. Teddy sneaks into the koala exhibit to hide out until the chaos dies down. But when the koala goes missing, Teddy is the only person caught on camera entering and exiting the exhibit. Teddy… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Fatmisia & body shaming
Emesis
Physical assault
Near-drowning incident
Bullying

Notorious by Gordon Korman

Notorious by Gordon Korman

Keenan has lived all over the world but nowhere quite as strange as Centerlight Island, which is split between the United States and Canada. The only thing weirder than Centerlight itself is his neighbour Zarabeth, aka ZeeBee. ZeeBee is obsessed with the island’s history as a Prohibition-era smuggling route. She’s also convinced that her beloved dog, Barney, was murdered—something Keenan finds pretty hard to believe. Just about everyone on Centerlight is a suspect because everyone hated Barney, a huge dog—part mastiff, part rottweiler—notorious for terrorizing the,… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Home invasion, off-page
Animal death & dead bodies
Death of a pet dog

The Chance to Fly by Ali Stroker and Stacy Davidowitz

The Chance to Fly by Ali Stroker and Stacy Davidowitz

A middle grade novel about 14-year-old Nat Beacon, a Broadway super fan who happens to use a wheelchair, and the summer she overcomes fears to turn her fandom into stardom.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Fire
Car accident mentioned
Animal death mentioned
Bullying mentioned

Mistletoe and Murder by Robin Stevens

Mistletoe and Murder by Robin Stevens

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are spending the Christmas hols in snowy Cambridge. Hazel has high hopes of its beautiful spires, cosy libraries and inviting tearooms but there is danger lurking in the dark stairwells of ancient Maudlin College. Two days before Christmas, there is a terrible accident. At least, it appears to be an accident – until the Detective Society look a little closer, and realise a murder has taken place. Faced with several irritating grown-ups and fierce competition from a rival agency, they must use all their cunning and courage to find the killer (in time for Christmas Day, of course).

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexism
Racism
Classism
Alcohol consumption
Blood & injury depiction
Dead bodies
Emesis
Death of parents in a car accident mentioned
Murder & attempted murder
Near drowning
Death from a fall down the stairs
Death from poisoning

Death in the Spotlight by Robin Stevens

Death in the Spotlight by Robin Stevens

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are off to the beautiful Rue Theatre in London, where they will face an entirely new challenge: acting. But behind the theatre’s glittering facade, the girls soon realise that there is trouble at the Rue. Jealousy, threats and horrible pranks quickly spiral out of control – and then one of the cast is found dead. As opening night looms closer, Hazel and Daisy must take centre stage and solve the crime . . . before the murderer strikes again.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Coming out themes
Racism
Sexism
Homomisia
Dead body
Murder of a mother & father by drowning recounted
Boating accident recounted
Death of a colleague (theme)
Murder & attempted murder
Poisoning
Physical assault
Threats of violence & murder
Homelessness mentioned

Arsenic for Tea by Robin Stevens

Arsenic for Tea by Robin Stevens

Schoolgirl detectives Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are at Daisy’s home, Fallingford, for the holidays. Daisy’s glamorous mother is throwing a tea party for Daisy’s birthday, and the whole family is invited, from eccentric Aunt Saskia to dashing Uncle Felix. But it soon becomes clear that this party isn’t really about Daisy at all. Naturally, Daisy is furious. Then one of their party falls seriously, mysteriously ill—and everything points to poison. With wild storms preventing anyone from leaving, or the police from arriving, Fallingford suddenly feels like a dangerous place to be. Not… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism & racist language
Sexism
Classism
Ableism
Alcohol consumption mentioned
Dead bodies discussed
Emesis
Death of a father from suicide mentioned
Murder by arsenic poisoning, on-page
Floods

Jolly Foul Play by Robin Stevens

Jolly Foul Play by Robin Stevens

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong have returned to Deepdean for a new school term, but nothing is the same. There’s a new Head Girl, Elizabeth Hurst, and a team of Prefects – and these bullying Big Girls are certainly not good eggs. Then, after the fireworks display on Bonfire Night, Elizabeth is found – murdered. Many girls at Deepdean had reason to hate Elizabeth, but who might have committed such foul play? Could the murder be linked to the secrets and scandals, scribbled on scraps of paper, that are suddenly appearing around the school? And with their own friendship falling to pieces, how will Daisy and Hazel solve this mystery?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Queermisia & lesbomisia, on-page
Ableism discussed
Racism
Nazism & antisemitism discussed
Classism
Chronic heart disease discussed
Dead body
Psychiatric hospitalisation for eating disorder mentioned
Murder of a teenage girl from blunt-force trauma to the head, off-page
Kidnapping & captivity
Disappearance of a child and sister
Bullying & rumor-spreading

The Whiz Mob and the Grenadine Kid by Colin Meloy

The Whiz Mob and the Grenadine Kid by Colin Meloy and illustrated by Carson Ellis

It is an ordinary Tuesday morning in April when bored, lonely Charlie Fisher witnesses something incredible. Right before his eyes, in a busy square in Marseille, a group of pickpockets pulls off an amazing robbery. As the young bandits appear to melt into the crowd, Charlie realizes with a start that he himself was one of their marks. Yet Charlie is less alarmed than intrigued. This is the most thrilling thing that’s happened to him since he came to France with his father,… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Alcohol consumption mentioned
Physical assault