Does the dog die?
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The Reformatory
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We find out that Haddock poisoned his dad’s favorite hunting hound
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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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Some of the abusive staff at the Reformatory used to be kids imprisoned there
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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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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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Are rabbits harmed?
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C41
Discussion of torturing rabbits in a character's childhood
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Assault
Is someone restrained?
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Kids are often put in chains to be punished
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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 there pedophilia?
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It’s heavily hinted at but there isn’t graphic depictions.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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C39
Someone gets cut up from a razor wire fence
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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 someone burned alive?
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HeatherEhch
References to several kids who died in a fire at the Reformatory
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Is there body horror?
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C12
Graphic scenes of whippings with vert vivid descriptions of what's happening to their bodies
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Is someone tortured?
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C12
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 eye mutilation?
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Passing mention of dogs tearing out people’s eyes
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Children
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 sacrifice themselves?
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Chapter 32 and 33 discuss it. Very sad.
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Does someone die?
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Death and ghosts are a big part of the book
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Family
Does a parent die?
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HeatherEhch
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
Is someone eaten?
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C41
By a dog
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Does someone vomit?
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C16
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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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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HeatherEhch
A boy wets himself in fear a couple of times early in the book
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Law Enforcement
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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Paranoia
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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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HeatherEhch
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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HeatherEhch
Some disparaging mentions from various bigoted characters about a Jewish social worker
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Race
Is there blackface?
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C11
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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