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Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

Kaz Brekker and his crew of deadly outcasts have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn’t think they’d survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they’re right back to fighting for their lives.

Double-crossed and badly weakened, the crew is low on resources, allies, and hope. As powerful forces from around the world descend on Ketterdam to root out the secrets of the dangerous drug known as jurda parem, old rivals and new enemies emerge to challenge Kaz’s cunning and test the team’s fragile loyalties.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language
Persecution for witchcraft
Classism
Indentured servitude discussed
Forced underaged sex work recounted
Child rape recounted
Child abuse
Parental abandonment
Disownment
Drug addiction
Gambling addiction
Drug dependency and withdrawal discussed
Recreational drug use recounted
Alcohol consumption
Pregnancy mentioned (secondary character)
Blood and gore depiction
Graphic physical injuries
Chronic illness and pain
Plague mentioned
Consensual body modification
Death of a boyfriend and death of a friend, on-page
Murder & attempted murder
Torture, on-page
Explosions
Gun violence
Knife violence & stabbing
Kidnapping & captivity
Imprisonment
Home invasion
Blackmail and death threats
Poverty themes and debt collection mentioned

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls. But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope. Now Zélie has one chance to bring back magic and strike against the monarchy. With the help of a rogue princess, Zélie must outwit and outrun the crown prince, who is hell-bent on… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Fatmisia & body shaming
Racism & racial slurs
Slavery
Attempted rape
Threats of rape
Child abuse
Domestic violence
Self-harm
Death of a parent recounted
Death of a friend
Torture
Kidnapping
War themes

Cruel Summer by Juno Dawson

Cruel Summer by Juno Dawson

A year after Janey’s suicide, her friends reunite at a remote Spanish villa, desperate to put the past behind them. However, an unwelcome guest arrives claiming to have evidence that Janey was murdered. When she is found floating in the pool, it becomes clear one of them is a killer. Only one thing is for certain, surviving this holiday is going to be murder…

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Bimisia
Suicide
Death of a friend
Murder

All of the Above by Juno Dawson

All of the Above by Juno Dawson

When sixteen-year-old Toria Bland arrives at her new school she needs to work out who her friends are in a crazy whirl of worry, exam pressure and anxiety over fitting in. Things start looking up when Toria meets the funny and foul-mouthed Polly, who’s the coolest girl that Toria has ever seen. Polly and the rest of the ‘alternative’ kids take Toria under their wing.

And that’s when she meets the irresistible Nico Mancini, lead singer of a local band – and it’s instalove at first sight! Toria likes Nico, Nico likes Toria, but then there’s Polly…love and friendship have a funny way of going round in circles.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language
Amisia
Eating disorder (anorexia)
Self-harm and self-harm scars
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a friend

Little Creeping Things by Chelsea Ichaso

Little Creeping Things by Chelsea Ichaso

When she was a child, Cassidy Pratt accidentally started a fire that killed her neighbor. She’s pretty sure she didn’t mean to do it, and she’d give anything to forget that awful day. But her town’s bullies, particularly the cruel and beautiful Melody Davenport, have never let her live it down. In Melody’s eyes, Cassidy is a murderer and always will be.

Then Melody goes missing, and Cassidy thinks she may have information about what happened. She knows she should go to the cops, but she recently joked about how much she’d like to get rid of Melody… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Alleged sexual harassment
Suicidal ideation
Death of a friend & neighbour recounted
Fire recounted
Bullying

Here Lie the Secrets by Emma Young

Here Lie the Secrets by Emma Young

Mia’s best friend Holly died when they were thirteen. But years later, Holly still hasn’t left her.

Spending the summer in New York, Mia is hoping to escape the visions of Holly that haunt her life at home. There she meets Rav, a parapsychology student, who convinces her to take part in a study into why some people see ghosts. Soon she is caught up in the investigation of Halcyon House, which is reputed to be haunted by a poltergeist. As Mia confronts her fears, what she learns about the house and herself will change her life forever.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Domestic abuse & violence
Child abuse
Alcoholism
Visual hallucinations
Grief depiction
Death of a friend recounted
Bullying mentioned

All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill

All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill

Em is locked in a bare, cold cell with no comforts. Finn is in the cell next door. The Doctor is keeping them there until they tell him what he wants to know. Trouble is, what he wants to know hasn’t happened yet.

Em and Finn have a shared past, but no future unless they can find a way out. The present is torture – being kept apart, overhearing each other’s anguish as the Doctor relentlessly seeks answers. There’s no way back from here, to what they used to be, the world they used to know. Then Em finds a note in her cell which changes everything. It’s from her future self and contains some simple but very clear instructions. Em must travel back in time to avert a tragedy that’s about to unfold. Worse, she has to pursue and kill the boy she loves to change the future

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Slut-shaming
Disorder food thoughts & restrictive eating (dieting)
Internalised body shaming
Nightmares & flashbacks
Suicide, on-page
Nonconsensual drugging
Blood depiction & physical injuries, including serious injury of a loved one
Hospital
Needles
Surgery
Comas
Emesis
Grief & loss depiction
Death of both parents
Death of a brother
Death of a friend
Murder & attempted murder
Torture & psychological torture
Gun violence
Kidnapping & hostage situation
Incarceration
Fire

Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

It’s 1843, and Grace Marks has been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her employer and his housekeeper and mistress. Some believe Grace is innocent; others think her evil or insane. Now serving a life sentence, Grace claims to have no memory of the murders.

An up-and-coming expert in the burgeoning field of mental illness is engaged by a group of reformers and spiritualists who seek a pardon for Grace. He listens to her story while bringing her closer and closer to the day she cannot remember. What will he find in attempting to unlock her memories?

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Fat shaming
Slut-shaming
Attempted rape
Domestic violence
Child abuse
Abortion and death due to a ‘backstreet’ abortion
Medical procedures
Death of a friend
Murder

Ace of Shadows by Amanda Foody

Ace of Shadows by Amanda Foody

Enne Salta was raised as a proper young lady, and no lady would willingly visit New Reynes, the so-called City of Sin. But when her mother goes missing, Enne must leave her finishing school—and her reputation—behind to follow her mother’s trail to the city where no one survives uncorrupted.

Frightened and alone, Enne has only one lead: the name Levi Glaisyer. Unfortunately, Levi is not the gentleman she expected—he’s a street lord and a con man. Levi is also only one payment away from cleaning up a rapidly unraveling investment scam, so he doesn’t have time to investigate a woman leading a dangerous double life. Enne’s offer of compensation, however, could be the solution to all his problems… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Paedophilia*
Blood depiction
Burns
Death of a mother
Death of a friend in a fire
Murder, on-page
Regicide
Torture
Physical assault
Poisoning
Bullying

*The villian is an adult man with a fetish for young girls; the only on-page sexual assault is unwanted touching, however.

Where the Streets Had a Name by Randa Abdel-Fattah

Where the Streets Had a Name by Randa Abdel-Fattah

Thirteen year old Hayaat is on a mission. She believes a handful of soil from her grandmother’s ancestral home in Jerusalem will save her beloved Sitti Zeynab’s life. The only problem is that Hayaat and her family live behind the impenetrable wall that divides the West Bank, and they’re on the wrong side of check points, curfews, and the travel permit system. Plus, Hayaat’s best friend Samy always manages to attract trouble. But luck is on the pair’s side as they undertake the journey to Jerusalem from the Palestinian Territories when Hayaat and Samy have a curfew-free day to travel.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Death of a friend
War themes