books i've read this summer and desperately want to share (in short, basic summaries)
Sunburn (by Chloe Michelle Howarth)
Following two queer teen girls in 1990s small-town Italy and the effects of queerness on both the girls and the surrounding characters
Trigger Warnings: religious trauma / relational trauma / substance abuse / queerphobia
Mysterious Skin (by Scott Heim)
Queer science fiction story following two main characters and a few side characters as they explore their identity stemming from abuse and trauma
Trigger Warnings: childhood sexual abuse & trauma / childhood domestic abuse and trauma / grooming / exposure to adult content / substance abuse / physical violence / mental health / graphic language / usage of slurs
The Complete Cosmocomics (by Italo Calvino)
A collection of 34 short stories diving into the physics and history of the universe as if it were fiction
Trigger Warnings: none :)
A Little Life (by Hanya Yanagihara)
Following four classmates through their college journey of finding identity stemming from friendship, trauma, addiction, and love
Trigger Warnings: childhood abuse & neglect / sexual violence / physical violence / self harm / suicide implications / substance abuse / mental illness
The Lovely Bones (by Alice Sebold)
The story of a 14 year old girl and her life and murder as told by her ghost
Trigger Warnings: child sexual abuse & trauma / rape / child predation / psychological trauma / graphic language
if i stay (by Gayle Forman)
A tragic and simultaneously hopeful story following a teen girls seemingly perfect life when death is suddenly upon her (will appeal to fans of Twilight and is similar to The Lovely Bones)
Trigger Warnings: death by car accident / gore & graphic language / medical trauma / suicide implications / heavy grief and loss
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie - a Flavia de Luce Mystery (by Alan Bradley)
Following a tween girl as she solves the mystery of a murder in her garden on her own, taking place in the 1950
Trigger Warnings: kidnapping / severe sibling bullying / family dysfunction / period-typical racism / suicide implications / animal death
Everything Sad is Untrue (by Daniel Nayeri)
A semi-autobiographical novel following 12 year old Iranian refugee adjusting to his new life in Oklahoma, blending Persian mythology, family history, and personal trauma together to tell the tale
Trigger Warnings: domestic violence & abuse / severe bullying / political violence / racism (Islamophobia specifically) / classism? / family separation & abandonment / war & death / animal death
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