The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan

The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan

Percy is confused. When he awoke from his long sleep, he didn’t know much more than his name. His brain fuzz is lingering, even after the wolf Lupa told him he is a demigod and trained him to fight with the pen/sword in his pocket. Somehow Percy manages to make it to a camp for half-bloods, despite the fact that he has to keep killing monsters along the way. But the camp doesn’t ring any bells with him. The only thing he can recall from his past is another name: Annabeth.

Hazel is supposed to be dead.  When she lived before, she didn’t do a very good job of it. Sure, she was an obedient daughter, even when her mother was possessed by greed. But that was the problem—when the Voice took over her mother and commanded Hazel to use her “gift” for an evil purpose, Hazel couldn’t say no… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Ableism & ableist language
  • Racism & racist language
  • Parental abandonment
  • Amnesia
  • Flashbacks & blackouts
  • Nightmares
  • Suicide recounted
  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Death of a sister recounted
  • Death of a mother by gun violence mentioned
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Knife violence & stabbing
  • Kidnapping
  • Train accident
  • Animal attack
  • Bullying
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The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

Jason has a problem. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up in a bus full of kids on a field trip. Apparently he has a girlfriend named Piper, and his best friend is a guy named Leo. They’re all students at the Wilderness School, a boarding school for “bad kids,” as Leo puts it. What did Jason do to end up here? And where is here, exactly? Jason doesn’t know anything—except that everything seems very wrong.

Piper has a secret. Her father has been missing for three days, ever since she had that terrifying nightmare about his being in trouble. Piper doesn’t understand her dream, or why her boyfriend suddenly doesn’t recognize her. When a freak storm hits during the school trip, unleashing strange creatures and whisking her, Jason, and Leo away to someplace called Camp Half-Blood, she has a feeling she’s going to find out, whether she wants to or not… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Parental abandonment
  • Amnesia
  • Cancer mentioned
  • Physical injuries
  • Emesis
  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Death of a mother recounted
  • Death of a grandfather mentioned
  • Kidnapping
  • Fire
  • Loss of autonomy (possession)
  • War themes & battle scenes
  • Bullying
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The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

All year the half-bloods have been preparing for battle against the Titans, knowing the odds of victory are grim. Kronos’s army is stronger than ever, and with every god and half-blood he recruits, the evil Titan’s power only grows. While the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster Typhon, Kronos begins his advance on New York City, where Mount Olympus stands virtually unguarded. Now it’s up to Percy Jackson and an army of young demigods to stop the Lord of Time.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Ableism & ableist language
  • Parental abandonment (theme)
  • Cheating recounted
  • Nightmares
  • Hallucinations
  • Self-sacrifice (on-page)
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Pregnancy mentioned
  • Blood & gore depiction
  • Physical injuries
  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Death of a friend
  • Death of a boyfriend
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Knife violence & stabbing
  • Explosions
  • Fire
  • Death from a fall
  • Disappearance of a loved one
  • War themes & battle scenes
  • Animal death
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The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan

The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan

When the goddess Artemis goes missing, she is believed to have been kidnapped. And now it’s up to Percy and his friends to find out what happened. Who is powerful enough to kidnap a goddess?

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Ableism & ableist language
  • Parental abandonment
  • Nightmares
  • Alcohol consumption & abuse mentioned
  • Blood depiction
  • Physical injuries
  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Death of a mother recounted
  • Torture
  • Gun violence
  • Knife violence
  • Disappearance of a friend
  • Kidnapping
  • Car accident mentioned
  • War themes
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The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

After a summer spent trying to prevent a catastrophic war among the Greek gods, Percy Jackson finds his seventh-grade school year unnervingly quiet. His biggest problem is dealing with his new friend, Tyson—a six-foot-three, mentally challenged homeless kid who follows Percy everywhere, making it hard for Percy to have any “normal” friends. But things don’t stay quiet for long…

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Ableism & ableist language
  • Child abuse
  • Parental abandonment
  • Nightmares
  • Blood depiction
  • Physical injuries
  • Cannibalism mentioned
  • Explosion
  • Knife violence
  • Kidnapping
  • Drowning mentioned
  • War themes
  • Animal death
  • Bullying
  • Homelessness
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The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can’t seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worse – Percy could have sworn his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him. When Percy’s mom finds out, she knows it’s time that he knew the truth about where he came from, and that he go to the one place he’ll be safe. She sends Percy to Camp Half Blood, a summer camp for demigods (on Long Island), where he learns that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea. Soon a mystery unfolds and together with his friends—one a satyr and the other the demigod daughter of Athena – Percy sets out on a quest across the United States to reach the gates of the Underworld (located in a recording studio in Hollywood) and prevent a catastrophic war between the gods.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Ableism & ableist language
  • Child abuse
  • Domestic abuse
  • Parental abandonment
  • Cheating
  • Nightmares
  • Hallucinations discussed
  • Alcohol consumption mentioned
  • Physical injuries
  • Emesis
  • Terminal cancer mentioned
  • Death of a mother
  • Death of an uncle mentioned
  • Explosion
  • Knife violence
  • Hurricane, lightning & storms
  • Earthquake
  • Drowning mentioned
  • Car accident
  • Incarceration
  • War themes
  • Animal cruelty
  • Bullying
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Torn Away by Jennifer Brown

Torn Away by Jennifer Brown

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Jersey Cameron has always loved a good storm. Watching the clouds roll in and the wind pick up. Smelling the electricity in the air. Dancing barefoot in the rain. She lives in the Midwest, after all, where the weather is sure to keep you guessing. Jersey knows what to do when the tornado sirens sound. But she never could have prepared for this.

When her town is devastated by a tornado, Jersey loses everything. As she struggles to overcome her grief, she’s sent to live with relatives she hardly knows-family who might as well be strangers. In an unfamiliar place, can Jersey discover that even on the darkest of days, there are some things no tornado can destroy?

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Child abandonment
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Panic attacks
  • Alcoholism mentioned
  • Death of a sibling
  • Death of a parent
  • Tornado, central theme
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The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling

The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling

When Gyre Price lied her way into this expedition, she thought she’d be mapping mineral deposits, and that her biggest problems would be cave collapses and gear malfunctions. She also thought that the fat paycheck—enough to get her off-planet and on the trail of her mother—meant she’d get a skilled surface team, monitoring her suit and environment, keeping her safe. Keeping her sane.

Instead, she got Em.

Em sees nothing wrong with controlling Gyre’s body with drugs or withholding critical information to “ensure the smooth operation” of her expedition. Em knows all about Gyre’s falsified credentials, and has no qualms using them as a leash—and a lash. And Em has secrets, too… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Child neglect & abandonment
  • Claustrophobia
  • Hallucinations & delusions
  • Nonconsensual administrations of drugs & medical treatment
  • Blood & gore depiction
  • Physical injury & illness
  • Dead bodies
  • Emesis
  • Needles
  • Surgery
  • Hospital mentioned
  • Death from starvation
  • Amputation & loss of limb
  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Death of a mother & father recounted
  • Death from a fall
  • Drowning
  • Cave disasters
  • Loss of bodily autonomy
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The You I’ve Never Known by Ellen Hopkins

The You I’ve Never Known by Ellen Hopkins

For as long as she can remember, it’s been just Ariel and Dad. Ariel’s mom disappeared when she was a baby. Dad says home is wherever the two of them are, but Ariel is now seventeen and after years of new apartments, new schools, and new faces, all she wants is to put down some roots. Complicating things are Monica and Gabe, both of whom have stirred a different kind of desire.

Maya’s a teenager who’s run from an abusive mother right into the arms of an older man she thinks she can trust. But now she’s isolated with a baby on the way, and life’s getting more complicated than Maya ever could have imagined… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Ableism & ableist language
  • Queermisia
  • Racism
  • Physical & verbal child abuse
  • Emotional child abuse & gaslighting
  • Child neglect & abandonment
  • Death of a father
  • Kidnapping
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Crank by Ellen Hopkins

Crank by Ellen Hopkins

Crank chronicles the turbulent and often disturbing relationship between Kristina, and the “monster,” the highly addictive drug crystal meth, or “crank.” Kristina is introduced to the drug while visiting her largely absent and ne’er-do-well father. While under the influence of the monster, Kristina discovers her sexy alter-ego, Bree, Bree will do all the things good girl Kristina won’t, including attracting the attention of dangerous boys who can provide her with a steady flow of crank.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Parental abandonment & neglect
  • Rape & rape by coercion
  • Self-harm
  • Substance addiction (theme)
  • Recreational drug abuse
  • Blood depiction & blood-drinking
  • Teen pregnancy
  • Incarceration
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