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May the Best Man Win by ZR Ellor

May the Best Man Win by Z.R. Ellor

Jeremy Harkiss, cheer captain and student body president, won’t let coming out as a transgender boy ruin his senior year. Instead of bowing to the bigots and outdate school administration, Jeremy decides to make some noise—and how better than by challenging his all-star ex-boyfriend, Lukas for the title of Homecoming King? Lukas Rivers, football star and head of the Homecoming Committee, is just trying to find order in his life after his older brother’s funeral and the loss long-term girlfriend—who turned out to be a boy. But when Jeremy threatens to break his heart and steal his crown, Lukas kick starts a plot to sabotage Jeremy’s campaign.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language (r slur)
Racism mentioned
Classism
Misogyny
Homomisia
Transmisia including misgendering and deadnaming
Dysphoria
Sexual harassment mentioned
Child abuse
Alcohol consumption
Death of a sibling
Graphic physical assault
Bullying

A Promised Land by Barack Obama

A Promised Land by Barack Obama

A Promised Land is extraordinarily intimate and introspective—the story of one man’s bet with history, the faith of a community organizer tested on the world stage. Obama is candid about the balancing act of running for office as a Black American, bearing the expectations of a generation buoyed by messages of “hope and change,” and meeting the moral challenges of high-stakes decision-making. He is frank about the forces that opposed him at home and abroad, open about how living in the White House affected his wife and daughters, and unafraid to reveal self-doubt and disappointment. Yet he never wavers from his belief that inside the great, ongoing American experiment, progress is always possible.

This beautifully written and powerful book captures Barack Obama’s conviction that democracy is not a gift from on high but something founded on empathy and common understanding and built together, day by day.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Racism
Homomisia mentioned
War & terrorism discussed

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

Libby Day was just seven years old when her evidence put her fifteen-year-old brother behind bars.

Since then, she has been drifting. But when she is contacted by a group who are convinced of Ben’s innocence, Libby starts to ask questions she never dared to before. Was the voice she heard her brother’s? Ben was a misfit in their small town, but was he capable of murder? Are there secrets to uncover at the family farm or is Libby deluding herself because she wants her brother back?

She begins to realise that everyone in her family had something to hide that day… especially Ben. Now, twenty-four years later, the truth is going to be even harder to find.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Homomisic language
Paedophilia
Child abuse
Suicidal ideation
Alcohol consumption
Drug use
Murder
Animal cruelty & abuse
Animal death (dog)

I Have Lost My Way by Gayle Forman

I Have Lost My Way by Gayle Forman

Around the time that Freya loses her voice while recording her debut album, Harun is making plans to run away from home to find the boy that he loves, and Nathaniel is arriving in New York City after a family tragedy leaves him isolated on the outskirts of Washington state. After the three of them collide in Central Park, they slowly reveal the parts of their past that they haven’t been able to confront, and together, they find their way back to who they’re supposed to be.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Homomisia
Forced coming out
Child neglect & abandonment
Suicide & suicidal ideation
Physical injuries, including eye trauma & concussion

Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler

Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler

Lara’s had eyes for exactly one person throughout her three years of high school: Chase Harding. He’s tall, strong, sweet, a football star, and frankly, stupid hot. Except she’s haunted by a romantic, strangely perfect summer spent with a girl named Jasmine. A memory that becomes a confusing, disorienting present when Jasmine herself walks through the front doors of the school to see Lara and Chase chatting it up in front of the lockers.

Lara has everything she ever wanted: a tight-knit group of friends, a job that borders on cool, and Chase, the boy of her literal dreams. But if she’s finally got the guy, why can’t she stop thinking about the girl?

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Homomisia & internalised homomisia
Bimisia
Alcohol consumption

City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

To save her mother’s life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters – never mind that entering the city without permission is against the Law, and breaking the Law could mean death. To make things worse, she learns that Jace does not want her there, and Simon has been thrown in prison by the Shadowhunters, who are deeply suspicious of a vampire who can withstand sunlight… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Homomisia
Hate crimes
Incest
Sexual assault
Child abuse recounted
Intimate partner violence recounted
Hallucinations
Graphic suicide & self-inflicted injuries recounted
Pregnancy & childbirth mentioned
Blood & gore depiction, including blood-drinking
Physical injuries
Dead bodies
Medical experimentation
Needles & syringes
Forced starvation
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a child
Death of a brother
Murder & attempted murder
Knife violence & stabbing
Torture
Explosion
Poisoning
Kidnapping
Imprisonment
Fire
Drowning
War themes & battle scenes

City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

Clary Fray just wishes that her life would go back to normal. But what’s normal when you’re a demon-slaying Shadowhunter, your mother is in a magically induced coma, and you can suddenly see Downworlders like werewolves, vampires, and faeries? If Clary left the world of the Shadowhunters behind, it would mean more time with her best friend, Simon, who’s becoming more than a friend. But the Shadowhunting world isn’t ready to let her go — especially her handsome, infuriating, newfound brother, Jace. And Clary’s only chance to help her mother is to track down rogue Shadowhunter Valentine, who is probably insane, certainly evil — and also her father… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Homomisia
Slut shaming
Hate crimes
Incest
Child abuse recounted
Intimate partner violence recounted
Suicide & suicidal ideation mentioned
Alcohol consumption
Blood & gore depiction, including blood-drinking
Physical injuries
Coma
Emesis
Hospitalisation
Death of a child
Death of a husband
Murder
Knife violence & stabbing
Torture
Kidnapping
Home invasion
Imprisonment
War themes
Bullying

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder― much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It’s hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing―not even a smear of blood―to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?

This is Clary’s first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It’s also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace’s world with a vengeance when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know…

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Homomisia
Child abuse recounted
Intimate partner violence recounted
Amnesia
Suicide mentioned
Blood & gore depiction
Physical injuries
Coma
Hospitalisation
Death of a child
Death of a father
Knife violence & stabbing
Poisoning
Kidnapping
Home invasion
War themes

The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky

The Wold in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky

Born with the soul of a hunter and the spirit of the Wolf, Omat is destined to follow in her grandfather’s footsteps-invoking the spirits of the land, sea, and sky to protect her people.

But the gods have stopped listening and Omat’s family is starving. Alone at the edge of the world, hope is all they have left.

Desperate to save them, Omat journeys across the icy wastes, fighting for survival with every step. When she meets a Viking warrior and his strange new gods, they set in motion a conflict that could shatter her world…or save it.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Homomisia
Transmisia
Misogyny
Slavery
Domestic violence
Rape
Death of a child mentioned
Body horror
Graphic murder
Graphic animal death, including the death of a dog
Animal injury & illness

All Kinds of Other by James Sie

All Kinds of Other by James Sie

Jules is just figuring out what it means to be gay and hasn’t totally decided whether he wants to be out at his new school. His parents and friends have all kinds of opinions, but for his part, Jules just wants to make the basketball team and keep his head down.

Jack is trying to start over after a best friend break-up. He followed his actor father clear across the country to LA, but he’s also totally ready to leave his past behind. Maybe this new school where no one knows him is exactly what he needs.

When the two boys meet, the sparks are undeniable. But then a video surfaces linking Jack to a pair of popular transgender vloggers, and the revelations about Jack’s past thrust both Jack and Jules into the spotlight they’ve been trying to avoid. Suddenly both boys have a choice to make—between lying low where it’s easier or following their hearts.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Homomisia
Transmisia
Deadnaming & misgendering
Outing
Hate crime