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Harley Quinn: Redemption by Rachael Allen

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Torture, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Death, Animal death, Gore, Child abuse, Blood, Animal cruelty, Murder, Medical content, Medical trauma, Confinement, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Stalking, Grief, Sexism, and Trafficking

Minor: Cursing and Bullying

Skate for Your Life by Leo Baker

emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Transphobia, Dysphoria, Bullying, and Misogyny

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Medical content, Body shaming, Blood, and Outing

Just Say Yes by Goldy Moldavsky

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Xenophobia, Toxic friendship, and Deportation

Minor: Sexual harassment, Grief, Cursing, Police brutality, and Gun violence

The Prospects by KT Hoffman

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Transphobia, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Medical content, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Minor: Outing, Racism, Ableism, Car accident, and Death of parent

Inheritance by Elizabeth Acevedo

emotional informative inspiring

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia and Racism

Minor: Pregnancy

Just Shy Of Ordinary by A.J. Sass

emotional hopeful informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Antisemitism, and Homophobia

Minor: Grief, Outing, Self harm, Pregnancy, Hate crime, Medical content, and Ableism

20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill

dark mysterious medium-paced

3.5

Interesting stories overall, some better than others, some that will haunt me for a while, a lot of the writing in this didn’t age well and it was hard to get past a lot of the time 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, Alcoholism, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Ableism, Death, Car accident, Cursing, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Racism, Racial slurs, and Bullying

The Breakup Lists by Adib Khorram

emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Ableism

Minor: Bullying, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Indian Burial Ground by Nick Medina
Did not finish book. Stopped at 52%.

The pacing wasn’t working for me and halfway through I just felt disinterested in finishing

Skater Boy by Anthony Nerada

dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Moderate: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Cursing, Violence, Homophobia, Bullying, Drug use, Domestic abuse, and Classism

Minor: Grief, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Outing, Racism, Medical content, and Deadnaming