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Home After Dark by David Small

Home After Dark by David Small

Thirteen-year-old Russell Pruitt, abandoned by his mother, follows his father to sun-splashed California in search of a dream. Suddenly forced to fend for himself, Russell struggles to survive in Marshfield, a dilapidated town haunted by a sadistic animal killer and a ring of malicious boys who bully Russell. Rescued from his booze-swilling father by Wen and Jian Mah, a Chinese immigrant couple who long for a child, Russell betrays their generosity by running away with their restaurant’s proceeds.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Queermisia
Suicide
Alcohol consumption
Smoking
Physical assault
Animal death
Animal abuse
Bullying

The Alex Crow by Andrew Smith

The Alex Crow by Andrew Smith

Once again blending multiple story strands that transcend time and place, Andrew Smith tells the story of 15-year-old Ariel, a refugee from the Middle East who is the sole survivor of an attack on his small village. Now living with an adoptive family in Sunday, West Virginia, Ariel’s story of his summer at a boys’ camp for tech detox is juxtaposed against those of a schizophrenic bomber and the diaries of a failed arctic expedition from the late nineteenth century. Oh, and there’s also a depressed bionic reincarnated crow.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Rape mentioned
Alcohol consumption
Recreational drug use
Starvation mentioned
Blood depiction
Death of a brother mentioned
Mass murder by gun violence & poison gas recounted
Knife violence & stabbing
Explosions
Physical assault mentioned
Refugee experiences

Stand Off by Andrew Smith

Stand Off by Andrew Smith

It’s his last year at Pine Mountain, and Ryan Dean should be focused on his future, but instead, he’s haunted by his past. His rugby coach expects him to fill the roles once played by his lost friend, Joey, as the rugby team’s stand-off and new captain. And somehow he’s stuck rooming with twelve-year-old freshman Sam Abernathy, a cooking whiz with extreme claustrophobia and a serious crush on Annie Altman—aka Ryan Dean’s girlfriend, for now, anyway.

Equally distressing, Ryan Dean’s doodles and drawings don’t offer the relief they used to… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Grief & loss depiction
Death of a friend recounted*
Murder by physical assault recounted

*Note: The protagonist’s gay best friend was beaten to death in a brutal hate crime in the previous book.

Winger by Andrew Smith

Winger by Andrew Smith

Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids in the Pacific Northwest. He’s living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the rugby team. And he’s madly in love with his best friend Annie.

With the help of his sense of humor, rugby buddies, and his penchant for doodling comics, Ryan Dean manages to survive life’s complications and even find some happiness along the way. But when the unthinkable happens, he has to figure out how to hold on to what’s important, even when it feels like everything has fallen apart.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Bury Your Gays trope
Homomisia
Death of a friend
Murder
Physical assault
Bullying

*Note: The protagonist’s gay best friend is beaten to death in a brutal hate crime within the last fifty pages of the book.

The Dry by Jane Harper

The Dry by Jane Harper

In the grip of the worst drought in a century, the farming community of Kiewarra is facing life and death choices daily when three members of a local family are found brutally slain.

Federal Police investigator Aaron Falk reluctantly returns to his hometown for the funeral of his childhood friend, loath to face the townsfolk who turned their backs on him twenty years earlier.
But as questions mount, Falk is forced to probe deeper into the deaths of the Hadler family because Falk and Luke Hadler shared a secret. A secret Luke’s death now threatens to bring to the surface.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Child physical & sexual abuse
Rape & sexual assault of a child
Incest (father-daughter)
Domestic violence
Gambling addiction
Depression mentioned
Suicide & murder-suicide (theme)
Attempted suicide by immolation, on-page
Alcohol consumption
Smoking
Graphic dead bodies
Blood & gore depiction, including burns
Hospitalisation
Death of a friend
Death of a son, daughter-in-law & grandson
Death of a child
Death of a father from bowel cancer mentioned
Murder
Gun violence
Fire
Drought (theme)
Mugging & home invasion recounted
Animal death & hunting

Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

Orphaned and physically flawed in a civilization that shuns and discards the weak, Kira faces a frightening uncertain future.

When she is summoned by the Council if Guardians, Kira prepares to fight for her life, but the Council has unexpected plans for her. Now Kira faces new responsibilities. On her quest for truth, she discovers things that will change her life forever.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism
Misogyny
Child abuse
Suicide
Loss of vision
Death of a child
Murder
Physical assault
Poisoning

Something Like Gravity by Amber Smith

Something Like Gravity by Amber Smith

Chris and Maia aren’t off to a great start. A near-fatal car accident first brings them together, and their next encounters don’t fare much better. Chris’s good intentions backfire. Maia’s temper gets the best of her. But they’re neighbors, at least for the summer, and despite their best efforts, they just can’t seem to stay away from each other.

The path forward isn’t easy. Chris has come out as transgender, but he’s still processing a frightening assault he survived the year before. Maia is grieving the loss of her older sister and trying to find her place in the world without her. Falling in love was the last thing on either of their minds. But would it be so bad if it happened anyway?

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Queermisia & queermisic slurs
Outing
Sexual assault
Alcohol consumption
Recreational drug use
Graphic physical assault recounted
Serious physical injuries requiring surgery
Car accident
Death of a pet

The Raven’s Tale by Cat Winters

The Raven’s Tale by Cat Winters

Seventeen-year-old Edgar Poe counts down the days until he can escape his foster family—the wealthy Allans of Richmond, Virginia. He hungers for his upcoming life as a student at the prestigious new university, almost as much as he longs to marry his beloved Elmira Royster. However, on the brink of his departure, all his plans go awry when a macabre Muse named Lenore appears to him. Muses are frightful creatures that lead Artists down a path of ruin and disgrace, and no respectable person could possibly understand or accept them. But Lenore steps out of the shadows with one request: “Let them see me!”

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Sexual harassment
Cheating recounted
Self harm
Alcohol consumption
Blood & gore depiction
Physical injuries
Surgery
Gun violence
Physical assault
Strangulation
Drowning

The Siren by Kiera Cass

The Siren by Kiera Cass

Years ago, Kahlen was rescued from drowning by the Ocean. To repay her debt, she has served as a Siren ever since, using her voice to lure countless strangers to their deaths. Though a single word from Kahlen can kill, she can’t resist spending her days on land, watching ordinary people and longing for the day when she will be able to speak and laugh and live freely among them again.

Kahlen is resigned to finishing her sentence in solitude…until she meets Akinli. Handsome, caring, and kind, Akinli is everything Kahlen ever dreamed of… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Teen pregnancy mentioned
Blood depiction
Death of an infant recounted
Murder & attempted murder
Physical assault recounted
Shipwreck
Drowning

The Heir by Kiera Cass

The Heir by Kiera Cass

Princess Eadlyn has grown up hearing endless stories about how her mother and father met. Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won the heart of Prince Maxon – and they lived happily ever after. Eadlyn has always found their fairy-tale story romantic, but she has no interest in trying to repeat it. If it were up to her, she’d put off marriage for as long as possible.

But a princess’s life is never entirely her own, and Eadlyn can’t escape her very own Selection—no matter how fervently she protests… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Attempted rape
Alcohol consumption
Heart attack
Physical assault