The Reformatory

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Does the dog die?
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C23
We find out that Haddock poisoned his dad’s favorite hunting hound
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Are animals abused?
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Abuse
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HeatherEhch
Some of the abusive staff at the Reformatory used to be kids imprisoned there
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Is a child abused?
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HeatherEhch
C12
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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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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C32
A pig is slaughtered in the slaughterhouse. It's short but vividly described.
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Is there a dead animal?
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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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Does a dragon die?
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Assault
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Kids are often put in chains to be punished
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Torirose138
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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Bodily Harm
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References to several kids who died in a fire at the Reformatory
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C12
Graphic scenes of whippings with vert vivid descriptions of what's happening to their bodies
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C10
Passing mention of dogs tearing out people’s eyes
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HeatherEhch
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
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Does someone break a bone?
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HeatherEhch
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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C39
Someone gets cut up from a razor wire fence
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Many boys died in a fire before the events of the book.
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Death
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C32
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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Does a family member die?
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Fear
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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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HeatherEhch
A boy wets himself in fear a couple of times early in the book
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Is someone eaten?
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HeatherEhch
C41
By a dog
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Does someone vomit?
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HeatherEhch
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.
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Robbie is arrested
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Medical
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C14
Children in an infirmary in chapter 14
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The protagonist’s mom died of cancer before the events of the book
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Is there screaming?
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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Prejudice
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Some disparaging mentions from various bigoted characters about a Jewish social worker
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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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Is there hate speech?
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Racist hate speech
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Race
Is there blackface?
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HeatherEhch
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
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HeatherEhch
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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
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The protagonist’s mom died of cancer before the events of the book
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