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You’d Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow

You’d Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow

For all of Emory’s life she’s been told who she is. In town she’s the rich one–the great-great-granddaughter of the mill’s founder. At school she’s hot Maddie Ward’s younger sister. And at home, she’s the good one, her stoner older brother Joey’s babysitter. Everything was turned on its head, though, when she and Joey were in the car accident that killed Candy MontClaire. The car accident that revealed just how bad Joey’s drug habit was. Four months later, Emmy’s junior year is starting, Joey is home from rehab, and the entire town of Mill Haven is still reeling from the accident… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Parental neglect
Revenge pornography
Substance addiction and recovery, including relapse
Suicide
Drug use & abuse
Overdose
Hospital
Cancer
Death of a friend
Car accident
Bullying

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

Seventeen-year-old Iris Hollow has always been strange. Something happened to her and her two older sisters when they were children, something they can’t quite remember but that left each of them with an identical half-moon scar at the base of their throats. Iris has spent most of her teenage years trying to avoid the weirdness that sticks to her like tar. But when her eldest sister, Grey, goes missing under suspicious circumstances, Iris learns just how weird her life can get: horned men start shadowing her, a corpse falls out of her sister’s ceiling, and ugly, impossible memories start to twist their way to the forefront of… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexual assault & attempted rape recounted, on-page
Familial estrangement
Hallucinations & delusions
Self-injury mentioned
Alcohol consumption & abuse
Recreational drug use
Miscarriage mentioned
Psychiatric hospitalisation of a parent mentioned
Graphic body horror
Blood & gore depiction
Physical injuries, including gunshot wounds
Graphic dead bodies
Emesis
Skinning mentioned
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a sister by drowning recounted
Death of a father from suicide mentioned
Death of a child, off-page
Gun violence
Knife violence & stabbing
Strangulation
Physical assault
Kidnapping & attempted kidnapping recounted
Disappearance of a sister
Fire
Bullying
Animal dead bodies mentioned

The New Girl by Jesse Sutanto

The New Girl by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Lia Setiawan has never really fit in. When she wins a full ride to the prestigious Draycott Academy on a track scholarship, she’s determined to make it work even though she’s never felt more out of place. But on her first day there she witnesses a girl being forcefully carried away by campus security. Her new schoolmates and teachers seem unfazed, but it leaves her unsure of what she’s gotten herself into. As she uncovers the secrets of Draycott, complete with a corrupt teacher, a golden boy who isn’t what he seems, and a blackmailer determined to get her thrown out, she’s not sure if she can trust anyone–especially when the threats against her take a deadly turn.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Classism
Alcohol consumption
Drug use
Overdose
Blood & gore depiction
Eye trauma
Strangulation

The Witch Haven by Sasha Peyton Smith

The Witch Haven by Sasha Peyton Smith

In 1911 New York City, seventeen-year-old Frances Hallowell spends her days as a seamstress, mourning the mysterious death of her brother months prior. Everything changes when she’s attacked and a man ends up dead at her feet—her scissors in his neck, and she can’t explain how they got there. Before she can be condemned as a murderess, two cape-wearing nurses arrive to inform her she is deathly ill and ordered to report to Haxahaven Sanitarium. But Frances finds Haxahaven isn’t a sanitarium at all: it’s a school for witches. Within Haxahaven’s glittering walls, Frances finds the sisterhood she craves, but the headmistress warns Frances that magic is dangerous… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Attempted rape
Alcohol consumption
Smoking mentioned
Forced institutionalisation
Graphic physical injury
Mutilation of corpses
Fire mentioned
Gun violence

The Kindest Lieby Nancy Johnson

The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson

It’s 2008, and the inauguration of President Barack Obama ushers in a new kind of hope. In Chicago, Ruth Tuttle, an Ivy-League educated Black engineer, is married to a kind and successful man. He’s eager to start a family, but Ruth is uncertain. She has never gotten over the baby she gave birth to—and was forced to leave behind—when she was a teenager. She had promised her family she’d never look back, but Ruth knows that to move forward, she must make peace with the past. Returning home, Ruth discovers the Indiana factory town of her youth is plagued by unemployment, racism, and despair. As she begins digging… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Drug abuse
Substance addiction
Gang violence
Lynching
Police brutality
Poverty

Act Cool by Tobly McSmith

Act Cool by Tobly McSmith

Aspiring actor August Greene just landed a coveted spot at the prestigious School of Performing Arts in New York. There’s only one problem: His conservative parents won’t accept that he’s transgender. And to stay with his aunt in the city, August must promise them he won’t transition. August is convinced he can play the part his parents want while acting cool and confident in the company of his talented new friends. But who is August when the lights go down? And where will he turn when the roles start hitting a little too close to home?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia
Transmisia
Deadnaming
Misgendering
Coming out themes
Threats of conversion therapy
Cheating mentioned
Suicidal ideation
Gender dysphoria
Alcohol consumption
Recreational drug use

If I Grow Up by Todd Strasser

If I Grow Up by Todd Strasser

In the Frederick Douglass Project where DeShawn lives, daily life is ruled by drugs and gang violence. Many teenagers drop out of school and join gangs, and every kid knows someone who died. Gunshots ring out on a regular basis. DeShawn is smart enough to know he should stay in school and keep away from the gangs. But while his friends have drug money to buy fancy sneakers and big-screen TVs, DeShawn’s family can barely afford food for the month. How can he stick to his principles when his family is hungry?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Substance addiction
Drug use & abuse
Pregnancy
Death of a child from fall
Death of a pregnant woman from gun violence
Murder

Dirty Sexy Saint by Carly Phillips and Erika Wilde

Dirty Sexy Saint by Carly Phillips & Erika Wilde

Clay Kincaid knows he’s more a sinner than a saint. Especially when it comes to women. With a rough and damaged past that has left him jaded, he doesn’t do committed relationships. But he does like sex — the hotter and harder, the better. He likes it fast and filthy, which is why he refuses to even touch someone as sweet and guileless as Samantha Jamieson. Until he discovers that she likes it just as down and dirty as he does. Let the sinning begin…

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Human trafficking
Child abuse & neglect
Smoking & drug use mentioned

Find Me by Ashley Rostek

Find Me by Ashley N. Rostek

One year ago. My family is gone. My parents. My twin sister. All of them murdered by the man who has stalked me for years. He nearly killed me, too. But I got away and he’s still out there, searching for me. He won’t find me. At least, I hope not. Thanks to WITSEC, I’ve been given a new life with a new identity. The present. My uncle, my only living relative, has helped me glue myself back together and given me the tools I’ll need to survive. I’m not fixed and my grief is heavy, but I’m at a point where I can put one foot in front of the other to try to move on. I know my future will be hard… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape
PTSD & trauma
Nightmares
Smoking
Grief & loss depiction
Murder of both parents & twin sisters recounted
Stalking
Bullying

Family of Liars by E Lockhart

Family of Liars by E. Lockhart

A windswept private island off the coast of Massachusetts. A hungry ocean, churning with secrets and sorrow. A fiery, addicted heiress. An irresistible, unpredictable boy. A summer of unforgivable betrayal and terrible mistakes. Welcome back to the Sinclair family. They were always liars.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia
Attempted rape
Alcohol consumption
Percriptond drug abuse
Surgery (jaw reconstruction)
Dead body
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a sister
Drowning recounted