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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil’s name. Some cops… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Racism
Physical child abuse & domestic abuse mentioned
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) & nightmares
Alcohol consumption
Recreational drug use mentioned
Teen pregnancy recounted
Death of a friend & child (on-page & recounted)
Murder
Gun violence
Gang violence
Incarceration recounted
Police brutality & violence, including the fatal shooting of an unarmed Black teen

These Vicious Masks by Tarun Shanker & Kelly Zekas

These Vicious Masks by Tarun Shanker & Kelly Zekas

England, 1882. Evelyn is bored with society and its expectations. So when her beloved sister, Rose, mysteriously vanishes, she ignores her parents and travels to London to find her, accompanied by the dashing Mr. Kent. But they’re not the only ones looking for Rose. The reclusive, young gentleman Sebastian Braddock is also searching for her, claiming that both sisters have special healing powers. Evelyn is convinced that Sebastian must be mad, until she discovers that his strange tales of extraordinary people are true—and that her sister is in graver danger than she feared.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Misogyny
Sex worker shaming
Slut-shaming
Attempted rape, on-page
Alcohol consumption
Blood depiction
Chronic illness
Physical injury
Human medical experimentation
Hospital
Death of a brother reounted
Death of a mother mentioned
Death of a father mentioned
Mugging with a knife
Gun violence
Murder
Attempted murder
Kidnapping
Disappearance of a sibling
Fire

Nancy Drew: The Palace of Wisdom by Kelly Thompson

Nancy Drew: The Palace of Wisdom by Kelly Thompson & illustrated by Jenn St. Onge

Nancy Drew is seventeen and good at everything… ESPECIALLY solving crimes. But her totally-in-control-and-obviously-running-perfectly-smooth-(but-not-really) life hits a snag when a mysterious message drags her back to the hometown she left behind. There she’ll have to find out which of her friends are still her friends, which are enemies, and who exactly is trying to kill her…and (hopefully) stop them before they succeed.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Racism mentioned
Suicide mentioned
Recreational drug use
Hospital
Death of a mother recounted
Murder
Gun violence
Kidnapping & hostage situation

The Rosewater Insurrection by Tade Thompson

The Rosewater Insurrection by Tade Thompson

All is quiet in the city of Rosewater as it expands on the back of the gargantuan alien Wormwood. Those who know the truth of the invasion keep the secret.

The government agent Aminat, the lover of the retired sensitive Kaaro, is at the forefront of the cold, silent conflict. She must capture a woman who is the key to the survival of the human race. But Aminat is stymied by the machinations of the Mayor of Rosewater and the emergence of an old enemy of Wormwood…

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Homomisia
Rape & rape camps mentioned
Body horror
Loss of limb
Paedophilia & child sexual assault
Mass murder
Death by fire (‘necklacing’)

An Affair of Poisons by Addie Thorley

An Affair of Poisons by Addie Thorley

After unwittingly helping her mother poison King Louis XIV, seventeen-year-old alchemist Mirabelle Monvoisin is forced to see her mother’s Shadow Society in a horrifying new light: they’re not heroes of the people, as they’ve always claimed to be, but murderers. Herself included. Mira tries to ease her guilt by brewing helpful curatives, but her hunger tonics and headache remedies cannot right past wrongs or save the dissenters her mother vows to purge.

Royal bastard Josse de Bourbon is more kitchen boy than fils de France. But when the Shadow Society assassinates the Sun King and half of the royal court, he must become the prince he was never meant to be in order to save his injured sisters and the petulant dauphin. Forced to hide in the sewers beneath the city, Josse’s hope of reclaiming Paris seems impossible―until his path collides with Mirabelle’s.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Classism
Cheating mentioned
Domestic abuse mentioned
Parental neglect
Panic attacks
Blood depiction
Emesis
Needles
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a father (on-page & recounted)
Death of a husband recounted
Torture
Death from hanging recounted
Explosions recounted
Gun violence
Murder & attempted murder
Poisoning (theme)
Fire
Incarceration
Political coup, rebellion & military violence
Regicide
Animal death

The Mermaid, the Witch and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

The Mermaid, the Witch & the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Aboard the pirate ship Dove, Flora the girl takes on the identity of Florian the man to earn the respect and protection of the crew. For Flora, former starving urchin, the brutal life of a pirate is about survival: don’t trust, don’t stick out, and don’t feel. But on this voyage, as the pirates prepare to sell their unsuspecting passengers into slavery, Flora is drawn to the Lady Evelyn Hasegawa, who is en route to a dreaded arranged marriage with her own casket in tow. Flora doesn’t expect to be taken under Evelyn’s wing, and Evelyn doesn’t expect to find such a deep bond with the pirate Florian.

Soon the unlikely pair set in motion a wild escape that will free a captured mermaid (coveted for her blood, which causes men to have visions and lose memories) and involve the mysterious Pirate Supreme, an opportunistic witch, and the all-encompassing Sea itself.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Homomisia
Slavery & human trafficking
Misogyny
Rape & sexual assault mentioned
Child abuse & neglect
Forced arranged marriage
Alcoholism & alcohol abuse
Starvation
Blood depiction & physical injury
Emesis
Murder
Graphic torture (on-page)
Whipping
Hanging mentioned
Imprisonment
Poverty themes
Homelessness
War & colonialism themes
Animal abuse & death

Song of the Current by Sarah Tolcser

Song of the Current by Sarah Tolcser

Caroline Oresteia is destined for the river. For generations, her family has been called by the river god, who has guided their wherries on countless voyages throughout the Riverlands. At seventeen, Caro has spent years listening to the water, ready to meet her fate. But the river god hasn’t spoken her name yet—and if he hasn’t by now, there’s a chance he never will.

Caro decides to take her future into her own hands when her father is arrested for refusing to transport a mysterious crate. By agreeing to deliver it in exchange for his release, Caro finds herself caught in a web of politics and lies, with dangerous pirates after the cargo—an arrogant courier with a secret—and without the river god to help her. With so much at stake, Caro must choose between the life she always wanted and the one she never could have imagined for herself.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Misogyny
Classism
Slut-shaming
Attempted sexual assault (nonconsensual kiss, on-page & discussed)
Child abuse recounted
Arranged & nonconsensual marriages discussed
Alcohol consumption
Blood & gore depiction, including dead bodies
Graphic physical injuries
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a brother
Death of a mother & father (off-page)
Murder & attempted murder
Torture (off-page)
Gun violence
Knife violence & stabbing
Fire
Drowning
Shipwreck
Kidnapping & captivity
War themes, including regicide, rebellion, coup & colonialism

Enchantée by Gita Trelease

Enchantée by Gita Trelease

Also known as All That Glitters.

Paris in 1789 is a labyrinth of twisted streets, filled with beggars, thieves, revolutionaries—and magicians…

When smallpox kills her parents, Camille Durbonne must find a way to provide for her frail, naive sister while managing her volatile brother. Relying on petty magic—la magie ordinaire—Camille painstakingly transforms scraps of metal into money to buy the food and medicine they need. But when the coins won’t hold their shape and her brother disappears with the family’s savings, Camille must pursue a richer, more dangerous mark: the glittering court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Misogyny
Slut-shaming
Sex work shaming
Racism
Physical, emotional & verbal abuse
Domestic violence
Alcohol abuse & alcoholism
Gambling addiction
Death of a parent recounted

The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

Seven-year-old Wen and her parents, Eric and Andrew, are vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet New Hampshire lake. Their closest neighbors are more than two miles in either direction along a rutted dirt road.

One afternoon, as Wen catches grasshoppers in the front yard, a stranger unexpectedly appears in the driveway. Leonard is the largest man Wen has ever seen but he is young, friendly, and he wins her over almost instantly. Leonard and Wen talk and play until Leonard abruptly apologizes and tells Wen, “None of what’s going to happen is your fault”. Three more strangers then arrive at the cabin carrying unidentifiable, menacing objects. As Wen sprints inside to warn her parents, Leonard calls out: “Your dads won’t want to let us in, Wen. But they have to. We need your help to save the world.”

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Homomisic & homomisic slurs
Hate crimes recounted
Blood & gore depiction
Plague
Home invasion
Murder
Gun violence
Floods & tsunami
Earthquake
Plane crash
Death of a child

From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L Armentrout

From Blood & Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Chosen from birth to usher in a new era, Poppy’s life has never been her own. The life of the Maiden is solitary. Never to be touched. Never to be spoken to. Waiting for the day of her Ascension, she would rather be with the guards, fighting back the evil that took her family, than preparing to be found worthy by the gods. But the choice has never been hers. The entire kingdom’s future rests on Poppy’s shoulders. And when Hawke, a golden-eyed guard honor bound to ensure her Ascension, enters her life, destiny and duty become tangled with desire and need.

Forsaken by the gods and feared by mortals, a fallen kingdom is rising once more, determined to take back what they believe is theirs through violence and vengeance. And as the shadow of those cursed draws closer, the line between what is forbidden and what is right becomes blurred. Poppy is not only on the verge of losing her heart and being found unworthy by the gods, but also her life when every blood-soaked thread that holds her world together begins to unravel.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Disfigurmisia & internalised disfigurmisia
Slavery
Sexual assault (on-page)
Physical, psychological & emotional abuse, including gaslighting
Child abuse & neglect
Relationship between an adult and a teenager (18-year-old)
Suicide mentioned
Self-harm
Alcohol consumption
Recreational drug use
Blood & gore depiction
Blood drinking
Graphic descriptions of dead bodies
Scars
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent recounted
Death of a friend
Death of a child mentioned
Murder
Torture
Kidnapping
Imprisonment
Whipping/flogging
War themes
Animal death
Bullying