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The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan

The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan

Percy is confused. When he awoke from his long sleep, he didn’t know much more than his name. His brain fuzz is lingering, even after the wolf Lupa told him he is a demigod and trained him to fight with the pen/sword in his pocket. Somehow Percy manages to make it to a camp for half-bloods, despite the fact that he has to keep killing monsters along the way. But the camp doesn’t ring any bells with him. The only thing he can recall from his past is another name: Annabeth.

Hazel is supposed to be dead. When she lived before, she didn’t do a very good job of it. Sure, she was an obedient daughter, even when her mother was possessed by greed. But that was the problem—when the Voice took over her mother and commanded Hazel to use her “gift” for an evil purpose, Hazel couldn’t say no… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language
Racism & racist language
Parental abandonment
Amnesia
Flashbacks & blackouts
Nightmares
Suicide recounted
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a sister recounted
Death of a mother by gun violence mentioned
Murder & attempted murder
Knife violence & stabbing
Kidnapping
Train accident
Animal attack
Bullying

The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

All year the half-bloods have been preparing for battle against the Titans, knowing the odds of victory are grim. Kronos’s army is stronger than ever, and with every god and half-blood he recruits, the evil Titan’s power only grows. While the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster Typhon, Kronos begins his advance on New York City, where Mount Olympus stands virtually unguarded. Now it’s up to Percy Jackson and an army of young demigods to stop the Lord of Time.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Ableism & ableist language
Parental abandonment (theme)
Cheating recounted
Nightmares & hallucinations
Self-sacrifice (on-page) & suicidal ideation
Alcohol consumption
Pregnancy mentioned
Blood & injury depiction
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a friend & boyfriend
Murder & attempted murder
Knife violence & stabbing
Explosions
Fire
Death from a fall
Disappearance of a loved one
War themes & battle scenes (on-page)
Animal death

The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson isn’t expecting freshman orientation to be any fun. But when a mysterious mortal acquaintance appears on campus, followed by demon cheerleaders, things quickly move from bad to diabolical. In this latest installment of the blockbuster series, time is running out as war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Ableism & ableist language
Cheating recounted
Nightmares & hallucinations
Suicide & suicidal ideation
Injury depiction
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a sister recounted
Death of a brother (on-page)
Murder & attempted murder
Explosion
Torture
Knife violence
Fire
Death from a fall recounted
Disappearance of a loved one
Imprisonment
War themes & battle scenes
Animal cruelty

The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan

When the goddess Artemis goes missing, she is believed to have been kidnapped. And now it’s up to Percy and his friends to find out what happened. Who is powerful enough to kidnap a goddess?

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Ableism & ableist language
Parental abandonment
Nightmares
Alcohol consumption & abuse mentioned
Blood & injury depiction
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a mother recounted
Torture
Gun & knife violence
Disappearance of a friend
Kidnapping
Car accident mentioned
War themes

The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

After a summer spent trying to prevent a catastrophic war among the Greek gods, Percy Jackson finds his seventh-grade school year unnervingly quiet. His biggest problem is dealing with his new friend, Tyson—a six-foot-three, mentally challenged homeless kid who follows Percy everywhere, making it hard for Percy to have any “normal” friends. But things don’t stay quiet for long…

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Ableism & ableist language
Parental abandonment & child abuse
Nightmares
Blood & injury depiction including mentions of cannibalism
Explosion
Knife violence
Kidnapping
Drowning mentioned
War themes
Animal death
Bullying
Homelessness

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can’t seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worse – Percy could have sworn his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him. When Percy’s mom finds out, she knows it’s time that he knew the truth about where he came from, and that he go to the one place he’ll be safe. She sends Percy to Camp Half Blood, a summer camp for demigods (on Long Island), where he learns that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea. Soon a mystery unfolds…. Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Ableism
Parental abandonment, child abuse & domestic violence
Infidelity mentioned
Nightmares & hallucinations discussed
Alcohol consumption mentioned
Injury depiction, emesis & mentions of terminal cancer
Death of a mother
Death of an uncle mentioned
Explosion
Knife violence
Car accident
Incarceration
War themes
Drowning mentioned
Hurricane, lightning & storms (on-page)
Earthquake
Animal cruelty
Bullying

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Divergent by Veronica Roth

In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can’t have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.

During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Sexual assault
Suicide
Blood & physical injury depiction
Knife violence & stabbing
Gun violence
Strangulation
Death from a fall

Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

1970s, Mexico City. Maite is a secretary who lives for one thing: the latest issue of Secret Romance. While student protests and political unrest consume the city, Maite escapes into stories of passion and danger.

Her next-door neighbor, Leonora, a beautiful art student, seems to live a life of intrigue and romance that Maite envies. When Leonora disappears under suspicious circumstances, Maite finds herself searching for the missing woman—and journeying deeper into Leonora’s secret life of student radicals and dissidents… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Physical injuries
Blood & gore depiction
Torture
Gun violence
Stabbing
Missing person

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis

The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

Lucy is the first to find the secret of the wardrobe in the professor’s mysterious old house. At first her brothers and sister don’t believe her when she tells of her visit to the land of Narnia. But soon Edmund, then Peter and Susan step through the wardrobe themselves. In Narnia they find a country buried under the evil enchantment of the White Witch. When they meet the Lion Aslan, they realize they’ve been called to a great adventure and bravely join the battle to free Narnia from the Witch’s sinister spell.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Suicide
Knife violence & stabbing
Animal attack
Animal death
War themes & battle scenes

The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkein

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

In a sleepy village in the Shire, a young hobbit is entrusted with an immense task. He must make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ruling Ring of Power – the only thing prevents the Dark Lord Sauron’s evil domination.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Recreational drug use (smoking)
Alcohol consumption
Kidnapping & captivity
Knife violence & stabbing
Strangulation mentioned
Animal attack