Does the dog die?
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The Reformatory
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C23
We find out that Haddock poisoned his dad’s favorite hunting hound
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Needs More Answers
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Abuse
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The abuse of the kids at the Reformatory is brutal and graphic - it takes place in many chapters. Chapter 12 is especially bad.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Are there abusive parents?
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Red McCormick is physically abusive to his son Lyle
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Detailed whipping scene
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Some of the abusive staff at the Reformatory used to be kids imprisoned there
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Animal
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C32
A pig is slaughtered in the slaughterhouse. It's short but vividly described.
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Dogs are trained to track and even kill runaway incarcerated boys
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Is an animal sad?
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Discussions of animals crying out in slaughterhouses. In the final conflict, Haddock is attacked by his own dog (being influenced by spirits) while in a creek. The dog feels sad for what he’s done after.
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Discussion of torturing rabbits in a character's childhood
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Assault
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Is there pedophilia?
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It’s heavily hinted at but there isn’t graphic depictions.
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Is rape mentioned?
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C13
It's a frequent plot point from the beginning - a character's father is accused of r-pe. It's discussed in detail in chapter 13 but it comes up a fair bit through the book.
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Is someone restrained?
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Kids are often put in chains to be punished
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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This happens multiple times, both before the 12 year old main character is sent to the Reformatory and while he's there
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Bodily Harm
Is there eye mutilation?
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Passing mention of dogs tearing out people’s eyes
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Is someone tortured?
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There is a place on the grounds of the Reformatory called "The Funhouse," where kids are taken to be beaten, whipped etc. It's first shown in chapter 12 but the theme of torture happens throughout the book.
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Is there body horror?
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Graphic scenes of whippings with vert vivid descriptions of what's happening to their bodies
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Is someone burned alive?
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References to several kids who died in a fire at the Reformatory
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Is there a hanging?
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Many references to lynchings, some apparitions of ghosts that were hanged
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Is there throat mutilation?
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C13
Mentions of boys who were tortured in the past and damage to their voice boxes etc.
Also: chapter 41 - someone is attacked by a dog and their throat is bitten
Also: chapter 41 - someone is attacked by a dog and their throat is bitten
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Someone gets cut up from a razor wire fence
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Is someone buried alive?
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One of the punishments at the reformatory is “The Box,” a tiny cell mostly buried underground and with a small grate to see out. The protagonists are shown someone in The Box as a threat
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Haddock smothered his baby sister with a pillow
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Is someone stabbed?
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One of the ghosts is of someone who was killed when someone stabbed him in the back
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Children
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Does a kid die?
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Many boys died in a fire and in other violent incidents before the events of the book. Major spoiler: Redbone is killed after Robert can’t find the haint
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Death
Does someone die?
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Death and ghosts are a big part of the book
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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C32
Chapter 32 and 33 discuss it. Very sad.
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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The main characters' mother has died before the start of the book, and it's a significant plot point throughout
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Fear
Is there a shower scene?
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Not sexual in nature - adolescent boys taking a shower in a dormitory
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Are there ghosts?
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The ghosts are not malicious, but characters who can see them find them disturbing
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Gloria gets sick while driving in Miz Lottie's car - not graphically described.
Also in chapter 40 - a brief mention of someone being sick in the forest.
Also in chapter 40 - a brief mention of someone being sick in the forest.
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Is someone eaten?
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C41
By a dog
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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A boy wets himself in fear a couple of times early in the book
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Law Enforcement
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Is there incarceration?
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Robbie is arrested
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Medical
Does someone have cancer?
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The protagonist’s mom died of cancer before the events of the book
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Children in an infirmary in chapter 14
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Mental Health
Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Because of the presence of ghosts, Robert and some other characters who can see them are confused by what they see/ghosts can manipulate their own appearances and environments
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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One of the punishments at the reformatory is “The Box,” a tiny cell mostly buried underground and with a small grate to see out. The protagonists are shown someone in The Box as a threat
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Noxious
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Does someone miscarry?
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Passing mention of Nell having miscarried in the past
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Ghost baby, killed by Haddock
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Prejudice
Is there hate speech?
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Racist hate speech
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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There are repeated n-slurs in virtually every chapter - the book takes place in 1950/Jim Crow so the main characters (who are Black) are regularly called this and other names
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Some disparaging mentions from various bigoted characters about a Jewish social worker
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Sort of - there is reference to kids listening to the Amos & Andy show on the radio, and a main character references his father forbidding him to listen because "those were white men playing Negroes, making Negroes look lazy and silly do white folks could laugh at them." (Quoted from chapter 11)
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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This happens quite a bit to the 12 year old main character, who is bullied by both adults and fellow reformatory inmates for being emotional
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Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
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The protagonist’s mom died of cancer before the events of the book
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Spoiler
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Violence
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