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Deeplight by Frances Hardinge

Deeplight by Frances Hardinge

On the streets of the Island of Lady’s Crave live 14-year-old street urchins Hark and his best friend Jelt. They are scavengers: diving for relics of the gods, desperate for anything they can sell. But there is something dangerous in the deep waters of the undersea, calling to someone brave enough to retrieve it. When the waves try to claim Jelt, Hark will do anything to save him. Even if it means compromising not just who Jelt is, but what he is ..

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slavery
Ableism
Toxic friendships
Aquaphobia
Body horror
Medical experimentation
Poverty

Loud and Clear by Aidan Wayne

Loud and Clear by Aidan Wayne

Jaxon is getting by fine, severe dyslexia or not. Being a cab driver means he doesn’t need to read much, and the job has its perks. The pay isn’t bad, the people can be interesting, and having memorized the city streets keeps him from feeling too stupid. When he picks up Caleb, a quiet fare in a nice suit, Jaxon doesn’t think anything of it. Then he ends up driving Caleb home the next week too, and the next, and the next. Eventually, Caleb tries to communicate—by writing things down. Turns out that Caleb has such a bad stutter he spends most of his time mute… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Internalised ableism
Alcoholism
Speech impediment

Extraordinary by Miriam Spitzer Franklin

Extraordinary by Miriam Spitzer Franklin

Last spring, Pansy chickened out on going to spring break camp, even though she’d promised her best friend, Anna, she’d go. It was just like when they went to get their hair cut for Locks of Love; only one of them walked out with a new hairstyle, and it wasn’t Pansy. But Pansy never got the chance to make it up to Anna. While at camp, Anna contracted meningitis and a dangerously high fever, and she hasn’t been the same since. Now all Pansy wants is her best friend back—not the silent girl in the wheelchair who has,… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Physical injury & illness, including meningitis, brain damage, & seizures
Brain surgery mentioned
Bullying

The Pants Project by Cat Clarke

The Pants Project by Cat Clarke

Whoever wrote the uniform policy decided (whyyy?) that girls had to wear skirts, while boys were allowed to wear pants. Sexist. Unfair. “Girls must wear a black, pleated, knee-length skirt.” I bet I read those words a hundred times during summer vacation. The problem wasn’t the last word in that sentence. Skirt wasn’t really the issue, not for me. The issue was the first word. Girls. Here’s the thing: I may seem like a girl, but on the inside, I’m a boy.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Queermisia
Misgendering
Coming out themes
Sexism
Internalised ableism
Attempted sexual assault recounted
Death of a father
Death of a grandfather
Physical assault discussed
Bullying (theme)

This Winter by Alice Oseman

This Winter by Alice Oseman

The festive season isn’t always happy for Tori Spring and her brother Charlie. And this year’s going to be harder than most. I used to think that difficult was better than boring, but I know better now… I’m not going to think about the past few months, about Charlie and me, and all of the sad. I’m going to block it all out Just for today.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism & internalised ableism
Bimisa
Suicidal ideation
Attempted suicide recounted
Eating disorder (anorexia)
Disordered food thoughts & restrictive eating
Psychiatric hospitalisation discussed

Flamingo by Rachel Elliott

Flamingo by Rachel Elliott

In the garden, there were three flamingos. Not real flamingos, but real emblems, real gateways to a time when life was impossibly good. They were mascots, symbols of hope. Something for a boy to confide in. First, there were the flamingos. And then there were two families. Sherry and Leslie and their daughters, Rae and Pauline – and Eve and her son Daniel. Sherry loves her husband, Leslie. She also loves Eve. It couldn’t have been a happier summer. But then Eve left and everything went grey. Now Daniel is all grown-up and broken. And when he turns up at Sherry’s… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Suicidal ideation

Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore

Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore

Everyone who lives near the lake knows the stories about the world underneath it, an ethereal landscape rumoured to be half-air, half-water. But Bastián Silvano and Lore Garcia are the only ones who’ve been there. Bastián grew up both above the lake and in the otherworldly space beneath it. Lore’s only seen the world under the lake once, but that one encounter changed their life and their fate. Then the lines between air and water begin to blur. The world under the lake drifts above the surface. If Bastián and Lore don’t want it bringing their secrets to the surface.. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Transmisia
Ableism

Fragments by Dan Wells

Fragments by Dan Wells

After discovering the cure for RM, Kira Walker sets off on a terrifying journey into the ruins of postapocalyptic America and the darkest desires of her heart in order to uncover the means—and a reason—for humanity’s survival.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Fatmisia
Gun violence
Acid rain
Animal attack

Waistcoats and Weaponry by Gail Carriger

Waistcoats & Weaponry by Gail Carriger

Sophronia continues her second year at finishing school in style—with a steel-bladed fan secreted in the folds of her ball gown, of course. Such a fashionable choice of weapon comes in handy when Sophronia, her best friend Dimity, sweet sootie Soap, and the charming Lord Felix Mersey stowaway on a train to return their classmate Sidheag to her werewolf pack in Scotland. No one suspected what—or who—they would find aboard that suspiciously empty train. Sophronia uncovers a plot that threatens to throw all of London into chaos and she must decide where her loyalties lie, once and for all.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Misogyny
Racism
Classism
Blood & injury depiction
Gun violence
Kidnapping

Curtsies and Conspiracies by Gail Carriger

Curtsies & Conspiracies by Gail Carriger

Sophronia’s first year at school has certainly been rousing. First, her finishing school is training her to be a spy (won’t Mumsy be surprised!). Secondly, she gets mixed up in an intrigue over a stolen device and has a cheese pie thrown at her. Now, as Sophronia sneaks around the dirigible school, eavesdropping on the teachers’ quarters and making clandestine climbs to the ship’s boiler room, she learns that there may be more to a school trip to London than at… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Misogyny
Racism
Classism
Blood depiction & blood-drinking
Murder mentioned
Gun violence
Kidnapping & attempted kidnapping