Death of a Mother – Page 25 – Trigger Warning Database

The Little Wave by Pip Harry

The Little Wave by Pip Harry

When a Manly school sets out to bring a country class to the city for a beach visit, three very different kids find each other and themselves. Noah is fearless in the surf. Being at the beach makes him feel free. So where does his courage go when his best mate pushes him around? Lottie loves collecting facts about bugs, but she wishes her dad would stop filling their lonely house with junk. She doesn’t know what to do about it. Jack wants to be a cricket star, but first he has to get to school and look after his little sister. Especially if he wants to go on the class trip and see the ocean for the first time.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Parent with Hoarding Disorder
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a mother & wife recounted
Near-drowning recounted

The Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo

The Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo and illustrated by Yoko Tanaka

What if? Why not? Could it be? When a fortuneteller’s tent appears in the market square of the city of Baltese, orphan Peter Augustus Duchene knows the questions that he needs to ask: Does his sister still live? And if so, how can he find her? The fortuneteller’s mysterious answer (an elephant! An elephant will lead him there!) sets off a chain of events so remarkable, so impossible, that you will hardly dare to believe it’s true.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Physical injury
Death of a mother in childbirth recounted
Death of a father during military service recounted
Explosion mentioned
Animal illness & injury
Animal attack

Homicide and Halo-Halo by Mia Manansala

Homicide and Halo-Halo by Mia P. Manansala

Things are heating up for Lila Macapagal. Not in her love life, which she insists on keeping nonexistent despite the attention of two very eligible bachelors. Or her professional life, since she can’t bring herself to open her new cafe after the unpleasantness that occurred a few months ago at her aunt’s Filipino restaurant, Tita Rosie’s Kitchen. No, things are heating up quite literally, since summer, her least favourite season, has just started. Things are heating up for Lila Macapagal. Not in her love life, which she insists on keeping nonexistent despite the attention… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Fatmisia
Sexism
Coming out scene
Anxiety & panic attacks, on-page
Alcohol consumption
Dead body
Emesis
Death of a mother recounted
Murder
Hostage situation

Hold Back the Tide by Melinda Salisbury

Hold Back the Tide by Melinda Salisbury

Everyone knows what happened to Alva’s mother, all those years ago. But when dark forces begin to stir in Ormscaula, Alva has to face a very different future – and question everything she thought she knew about her past…

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Blood & gore depiction
Death of a mother
Death of a friend
Gun violence
Animal death

Thirsty by Mia Hopkins

Thirsty by Mia Hopkins

My name is Salvador Rosas. Back in the barrio, my past is written on the walls: ESHB. Short for East Side Hollenbeck, my father’s gang—my gang. Hell, it’s a family tradition, one that sent both my brothers away. They used to call me “Ghost” because I haunted people’s dreams. Now I’ve got nothing going for me except a hipster gringo mentoring me in a new career. An ex-con making craft beer? No names. Still, people in this neighbourhood look out for one another. That’s how I became Vanessa Velasco’s unwelcome tenant. Chiquita pero picosa. She’s little, but with curves so sweet they’re dangerous. I remember… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Recreational drug use
Blood & injury depiction
Hospital
Death of a mother in a car accident recounted
Death of a sister
Gang violence
Bombing

Crossbones by Kimberly Vale

Crossbones by Kimberly Vale

The Blood Bell tolls, marking the death of the pirate king and the start of the Trials—a heart-stopping competition where the reward is the Bone Crown. Only one contender can claim the coveted island throne; each will gamble life and limb to win. Csilla Abado yearns to prove her strength to the seasoned pirates who balk at her youth and to her elder sister who has always craved Csilla’s captainship. She will risk everything to become the first pirate queen, no matter the cost. Kane Blackwater wants to leave… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Grief & loss depiction
Death of a mother, on-page and recounted
Blood & gore depiction
Eye trauma & loss of vision
Murder
Torture
Explosion
Drowning
Fire

The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel

The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel

Lane Roanoke is fifteen when she comes to live with her grandparents and fireball cousin at the Roanoke family’s rural estate following the suicide of her mother. Over one long, hot summer, Lane experiences the benefits of being one of the rich and beautiful Roanoke girls. But what she doesn’t know is being a Roanoke girl carries a terrible legacy: either the girls run, or they die. For there is darkness at the heart of Roanoke, and when Lane discovers its insidious pull, she must make her choice…

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Parental abandonment
Statutory rape
Incest
Physical child abuse
Graphic suicide recounted
Teen pregnancy
Childbirth
Abortion mentioned
Alcohol consumption
Death of an infant mentioned
Death of a mother
Murder
Drowning
Hanging recounted
Death from a fall mentioned
Disappearnace of a loved one

Lola & the Millionaires: Part Two by Kathryn Moon

Lola & the Millionaires: Part Two by Kathryn Moon

Lola is being hunted by her past, stalked with every step she takes. Sheltered with the pack of her dreams, at first it seems like the hardest challenge isn’t even staying safe from Indy. Tensions at work are at a tipping point and after taking the role of management’s spy, Lola’s in the crossfire if anything goes wrong. As romances between Lola and the pack members are developing left and right, the woman who swore she wanted nothing to do with alpha is turning to them like a bloom to the sun. If only it weren’t just one monstrous alpha that twisted her own thoughts. Lola… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape
Parental abandonment recounted
Abusive relationship recounted
Alcohol consumption
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Anxiety & panic attacks
Nightmares
Death of a mother from lung cancer recounted
Murder
Physical assault
Kidnapping
Home invasion

Lola & the Millionaires: Part One by Kathryn Moon

Lola & the Millionaires: Part One by Kathryn Moon

Lola Barnes only wants one thing, to get her life under control. No more chasing alphas who abuse and toss away betas like her. No more hiding in her cousin’s apartment licking wounds that won’t heal. Armed with her dream job and her less-than-dreamy apartment, Lola is ready to start a new chapter of her life without alphas. But that’s easier said than done when one stumbling incident after another leads Lola closer to an alluring pack of captivating men. These alphas are everything Lola dreamed of, but they already have an omega—a playful male model who won’t… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape
Sexual assault
Abusive relationship recounted
Alcohol consumption
Drugging recounted
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Anxiety & panic attacks
Nightmares
Death of a mother recounted
Home invasion

The Marked Prince by MA Grant

The Marked Prince by M.A. Grant

The Summer Court is nothing like Sebastian remembers. The oppressed lower classes are drained of their magick, and around every corner political intrigues threaten an already unstable regime. Sebastian’s only hope of surviving the Court and bringing home Prince Lyne’s traitorous brother lies with Duine, a magickless Unseelie servant desperate to win his freedom. A servant for whom Sebastian, an estranged Seelie royal himself, is developing a dangerous and deepening affection… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Alcohol consumption
Blood & gore depiction
Physical injury
Dead bodies
Death of a mother from suicide by drowning recounted
Murder
Torture recounted
Kidnapping & captivity
War themes