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The Lion of Mars by Jennifer Holm

The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm

Bell has spent his whole life – all eleven years of it – on Mars. But he’s still just a regular kid – he loves cats, any kind of cake, and is curious about the secrets the adults in the US colony are keeping. Like, why don’t have contact with anyone on the other Mars colonies? Why are they so isolated? When a virus breaks out and the grown-ups all fall ill, Bell and the other children are the only ones who can help. It’s up to Bell – a regular kid in a very different world – to uncover the truth and save his family … and possibly unite an entire planet.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Physcial injury & illness
Pandemic
Dead body
Death of a pet mouse

The Hourglass Throne by KD Edwards

The Hourglass Throne by K.D. Edwards

As Rune Saint John grapples with the challenges of assuming the Sun Throne, a powerful barrier appears around New Atlantis’s famed rejuvenation center. But who could have created such formidable magic . . . what do they want from the immortality clinic . . . and what remains of the dozens trapped inside? Though Rune and his lifelong bodyguard Brand are tasked with investigating the mysterious barrier, Rune is also busy settling into his new life at court. Claiming his father’s throne has irrevocably thrown him into the precarious world of political deception, and he …. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape & sexual assault of a minor recounted
Misgendering
Suicide bombing
COVID-19 pandemic mentioned
Blood & gore depiction
Vivisepulture (being buried alive) mentioned
Kidnapping
Animal death

Dark Fire by Ruby Dixon

Dark Fire by Ruby Dixon

Azar has taken over Fort Dallas. He rules with complete authority, and everyone bows down to him. Everyone except one woman. Melina, the fort’s medic. No matter what he offers, she refuses to give in. A good man would know to stop asking. Unfortunately for Melina, Azar is not a good man.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slavery mentioned
Dubious consent scenario
Pregnancy
Pandemic
Murder of a spouse
Physical assault
Loss of autonomy (mind control)

Fire in His Veins by Ruby Dixon

Fire in His Veins by Ruby Dixon

I’ve wanted Andrea since the moment I saw her. But she’s human. I’m drakoni. The only way I’ll stay sane and not lose myself to the madness that’s swept over my people is if I keep my mental walls strong. I have to give up everything that makes me a dragon. That means no telepathy, no fire breathing, and no battle form. I certainly can’t take a mate. Andrea can’t be mine.. When her brother escapes the fort, though, she needs help tracking him down. That means I’ll be alone with her, breathing in her sweet scent, and it may be too much for my control. What happens if I give in to my dragon? Will I take her as my mate…or tear her throat out?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Plague
Death of a parent

The Great Trouble by Deborah Hopkinson

The Great Trouble by Deborah Hopkinson

Eel has troubles of his own: As an orphan and a “mudlark,” he spends his days in the filthy River Thames, searching for bits of things to sell. He’s being hunted by Fisheye Bill Tyler, and a nastier man never walked the streets of London. And he’s got a secret that costs him four precious shillings a week to keep safe. But even for Eel, things aren’t so bad until that fateful August day in 1854—the day the deadly cholera (“blue death”) comes to Broad Street… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Child abuse
Cholera epidemic
Dead bodies mentioned
Death of a parent mentioned
Physical assault
Kidnapping & captivity
Animal abuse

Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac

Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac

Malian was visiting her grandparents on the reservation when the COVID-19 pandemic started. Now she’s staying there, away from her parents and her school in Boston. Everyone is worried about the pandemic, but on the reservation, everyone protects each other, from Malian caring for her grandparents to the local dog, Malsum, guarding their house. They always survive together.. Malian hears stories from her grandparents about how it has always been this way in their community: Stories about their ancestors, who survived epidemics of European diseases; about her grandfather, who survived a terrible government board… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

COVID-19 pandemic

The Girl in His Shadow by Audrey Blake

The Girl in His Shadow by Audrey Blake

Raised by the eccentric surgeon Dr Horace Croft after losing her parents to a deadly pandemic, the orphan Nora Beady knows little about conventional life. While other young ladies were raised to busy themselves with needlework and watercolours, Nora was trained to perfect her suturing and anatomical illustrations of dissections. Women face dire consequences if caught practising medicine but in Croft’s private clinic… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexism
Death of parents from illness during a pandemic

The Rain by Virginia Bergin

The Rain by Virginia Bergin

Also known as H2O.

They don’t believe it at first. Crowded in Zach’s kitchen, Ruby and the rest of the partygoers laugh at Zach’s parents’ frenzied push to get them all inside as it starts to drizzle. But then the radio comes on with the warning, “It’s in the rain! It’s fatal, it’s contagious, and there’s no cure.” Two weeks later, Ruby is alone. Anyone who’s been touched by rain or washed their hands with tap water is dead. The only drinkable water is quickly running out. Ruby’s only chance for survival is a treacherous hike across the country to find her father-if he’s even still alive.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Global pandemic
Food & water scarcity

The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish

The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish

Set in London of the 1660s and of the early twenty-first century, The Weight of Ink is the interwoven tale of two women of remarkable intellect: Ester Velasquez, an emigrant from Amsterdam who is permitted to scribe for a blind rabbi, just before the plague hits the city; and Helen Watt, an ailing historian with a love of Jewish history. As the novel opens, Helen has been summoned by a former student to view a cache of seventeenth-century Jewish documents newly discovered in his home during a renovation. Enlisting the help of Aaron Levy, an American graduate student as impatient as he is… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Misogyny
Homomisia
Antisemitism
Chronic illness
Plague
Death of a parent
Murder
Exile
Forced conversion

The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal

The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal

The Earth is coming to the boiling point as the climate disaster of the Meteor strike becomes more and more clear, but the political situation is already overheated. Riots and sabotage plague the space program. The IAC’s goal of getting as many people as possible off Earth before it becomes uninhabitable is being threatened.

Elma York is on her way to Mars, but the Moon colony is still being established. Her friend and fellow… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Eating disorder (anorexia)
Suicidal ideation
Pandemic