Stampedes – Trigger Warning Database

Big Tree by Brian Selznick

A mysterious voice has been speaking to Louise in her dreams. She and her brother Merwin are Sycamore seeds, who hope to one day set down roots and become big trees. But when a fire forces them to leave their mama tree prematurely, they find themselves catapulted into the unknown, far from home. Alone and unprepared, they must use their wits and imagination to navigate a dangerous world-filled with dinosaurs, meteors, and volcanoes!-and the fear of never finding a safe place to grow up. As the mysterious voice gets louder, Louise comes to realize their mission in life may be much bigger than either of them imagined.

Goodreads

Trigger and Content Warnings

Death of a mother in a stampede
Fire, volcanic eruption & asteroid strike

Death Weavers by Brandon Mull

Death Weavers by Brandon Mull

Cole is about to face his biggest peril yet. Since arriving in the Outskirts, Cole and his friends have fought monsters, challenged knights, and battled rampaging robots. But none of that has prepared them for Necronum. In this haunting kingdom, it’s hard to tell the living from the dead, and secret pacts carry terrifying risks. Within Necronum lies the echolands, a waystation for the departed where the living seldom venture. Still separated from his power, Cole must cross to the echolands and rely on his instincts to help rescue his friends. With enemies closing in, Cole risks… Read more.

Goodreads • The Story Graph

Trigger & Content Warnings

Death from lung disease mentioned
Murder
Sword violence
Imprisonment
Poisoning mentioned
Animal stampede

Cage of Souls by Adrian Tchaikovsky

The Sun is bloated, diseased, dying perhaps. Beneath its baneful light, Shadrapar, last of all cities, harbours fewer than 100,000 human souls. Built on the ruins of countless civilisations, surviving on the debris of its long-dead progenitors, Shadrapar is a museum, a midden, an asylum, a prison on a world that is ever more alien to humanity. Bearing witness to the desperate struggle for existence between life old and new, is Stefan Advani, rebel, outlaw, prisoner, survivor. This is his testament, an account of the journey that took him into the blazing desolation of the western deserts; that transported him east down the river… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Alcohol consumption
Graphic blood & injury depiction including body horror and dead bodies
Death of a mother & father recounted
Death of a friend, on-page & recounted
Death of a girlfriend in a stampede recounted
Murder, mass murder & attempted murder, on-page
Tank accident
Physical assault, on-page
Gun violence, on-page
Shipwreck
Drowning discussed
Torture
Whipping mentioned
Knife violence & stabbing, on-page
Riots, on-page
Police brutality & violence, on-page
Fire & immolation
Graphic penal labour & inhumane imprisonment (theme)
Homelessness recounted
Animal death
Animal attack

The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer

Artemis Fowl & the Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer

Artemis’s mother is gravely ill. Unfortunately the cure, an endangered lemur, was made extinct eight years ago . . . by Artemis Fowl. Talk about awkward.

What if he could travel back in time, outwit his former self and bring the lemur home? With the right demon warlock, it might be possible.

But we all remember the young Artemis. He was, to put it mildly, a pretty terrible human being, so this won’t be easy.

Goodreads • The Story Graph

Trigger & Content Warnings:

Serious physical illness of a parent
Physical injury including broken bones
Death of a mother from radiation poisoning mentioned
Explosion & bombings
Kidnapping
Plane crash
Gun violence
Fire
Animal death (theme)
Animal cruelty
Animal medical experimentation
Animal stampede

A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A Brown

A Song of Wraiths & Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown

For Malik, the Solstasia festival is a chance to escape his war-stricken home and start a new life with his sisters in the prosperous desert city of Ziran. But when a vengeful spirit abducts Malik’s younger sister, Nadia, as payment into the city, Malik strikes a fatal deal—kill Karina, Crown Princess of Ziran, for Nadia’s freedom.

But Karina has deadly aspirations of her own. Her mother, the Sultana, has been assassinated; her court threatens mutiny; and Solstasia looms like a knife over her neck. Grief-stricken, Karina decides to resurrect her mother through ancient magic . . . requiring the beating heart of a king. And she knows just how to obtain one: by offering her hand in marriage to the victor of the Solstasia competition.

Goodreads • The Story Graph

Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language
Racism and racial slurs
Colonialism themes
Refugee experiences
Riots and stampede
Police brutality
Emotional & physical child abuse
Cheating mentioned
Anxiety
Panic attack, described in detail on-page
Hallucinations
Depersonalisation & derealization
Self-harm & self-harm ideation
Alcohol consumption
Emesis
Blood depiction
Grief & loss depiction (theme)
Death of a father recounted
Death of a mother, on-page
Death of a sister recounted
Death in a fire recounted
Hostage situation
Kidnapping & attempted kidnapping
Knife violence & stabbing
Murder & attempted murder
Regicide
Whipping of feet mentioned
Animal cruelty
Animal death, including animal sacrifice