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The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox

challenging dark informative sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Death of parent: MC is an orphan; Alcoholism, alcohol, addiction, child abuse: a child is mentioned to have an alcoholic father who uses all his money to buy licquor, we don't meet the father or see any abuse

The Worst Child I Ever Had by Anne Fine

funny lighthearted

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Carnival Crime by Donald J. Sobol

adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

A Pack of Liars by Anne Fine

mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

The Worry Website by Jacqueline Wilson

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying

How to Be a Pirate by Cressida Cowell

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Slavery, Cannibalism, and Murder

How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Violence

Great Migrations Amazing Animal Journeys by Laura Marsh

informative medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death

The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol