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A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A Brown

A Song of Wraiths & Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown

For Malik, the Solstasia festival is a chance to escape his war-stricken home and start a new life with his sisters in the prosperous desert city of Ziran. But when a vengeful spirit abducts Malik’s younger sister, Nadia, as payment into the city, Malik strikes a fatal deal—kill Karina, Crown Princess of Ziran, for Nadia’s freedom.

But Karina has deadly aspirations of her own. Her mother, the Sultana, has been assassinated; her court threatens mutiny; and Solstasia looms like a knife over her neck. Grief-stricken, Karina decides to resurrect her mother through ancient magic . . . requiring the beating heart of a king. And she knows just how to obtain one: by offering her hand in marriage to the victor of the Solstasia competition.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language
Racism and racial slurs
Colonialism themes
Refugee experiences
Riots and stampede
Police brutality
Emotional & physical child abuse
Cheating mentioned
Anxiety
Panic attack, described in detail on-page
Hallucinations
Depersonalisation & derealization
Self-harm & self-harm ideation
Alcohol consumption
Emesis
Blood depiction
Grief & loss depiction (theme)
Death of a father recounted
Death of a mother, on-page
Death of a sister recounted
Death in a fire recounted
Hostage situation
Kidnapping & attempted kidnapping
Knife violence & stabbing
Murder & attempted murder
Regicide
Whipping of feet mentioned
Animal cruelty
Animal death, including animal sacrifice

The Adventure Zone, Vol. 1: Here There Be Gerblins by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy & Carey Pietsch

EJoin Taako the elf wizard, Merle the dwarf cleric, and Magnus the human warrior for an adventure they are poorly equipped to handle AT BEST, guided (“guided”) by their snarky DM, in a graphic novel that, like the smash-hit podcast it’s based on, will tickle your funny bone, tug your heartstrings, and probably pants you if you give it half a chance.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Self-sacrifice & self-injury
Alcohol consumption
Blood & injury depiction
Death of a cousin & uncle
Murder & attempted murder
Fire & explosion
Kidnapping & hostage situation
Graphic animal dead bodies

Adaptation by Malinda Lo

Adaptation by Malinda Lo

Across North America, flocks of birds hurl themselves into aeroplanes, causing at least a dozen to crash. Thousands of people die. Fearing terrorism, the United States government grounds all flights, and millions of travellers are stranded. Reese and her debate team partner and longtime crush David are in Arizona when it happens. Everyone knows the world will never be the same. On their drive home to San Francisco, along a stretch of empty highway at night in the middle of Nevada, a bird flies into their headlights. The car flips over. When they wake up in a military… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language
Coming out themes
Blood & injury depiction including scars and comas
Hospital (setting)
Nonconsensual medical treatment, including surgery & blood tests
Death of a teacher
Murder
Gun violence
Explosions
Car accident
Plane crashes (theme)
Fire
Animal death & dead bodies

King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender

King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender

Twelve-year-old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly. When Khalid unexpectedly passed away, he shed what was his first skin for another to live down by the bayou in their small Louisiana town. Khalid still visits in dreams, and King must keep these secrets to himself as he watches grief transform his family. It would be easier if King could talk with his best friend, Sandy Sanders. But just days before he died, Khalid told King to end their friendship, after overhearing a secret about Sandy—that he thinks he might be gay. “You don’t want anyone to think you’re gay too, do you?” But when Sandy goes… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Homomisia, internalised homomisia & homomisic slurs (theme)
Racism & racial slurs
Hate crimes mentioned
Coming out themes
Child abuse
Domestic abuse mentioned
Parental abandonment
Recreational drug use mentioned
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a brother from a heart attack (theme)
Police brutality mentioned
Animal death, on-page

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and once girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister’s place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before—and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender…. Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Classism & ableism
Alcoholism (secondary character)
Hallucinations
Drugging
Alcohol consumption & abuse
Involuntary medical treatment & procedures, including amputation & needles
Graphic blood & gore depiction
Graphic physical injuries & serious illness of a loved one, including burns, loss of hearing, and discussions of scars
Graphic emesis, multiple on-page
Cannibalism recounted & discussed
Graphic food and water scarcity, including mentions of death from starvation & dehydration
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a friend & child (on-page, multiple)
Death of a father & husband recounted
Murder & attempted murder by stabbing and strangulation
Fire & explosions, on-page & recounted
Whipping mentioned
Poisoning
Avalanche mentioned
Police brutality mentioned
Poverty
Rebellion & war themes
Graphic animal death & hunting including graphic description of skinning & butchering
Animal attack & death from animal attack, including death from a wasp attack and graphic scene of a child being eaten alive by a wolf
Attempted murder of a pet cat recounted