Does the dog die?
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cmbcoldspot
it's implied that Jake and Tom's dog dies off-screen due to the war
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Does a pet die?
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TheCassandraComplex
We don’t really know what happens to any of the named pets. However, occasionally other animals who the kids have grown attached to —or feel responsible for— die.
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Is there pedophilia?
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There is a preteen character (later just a teen) who is frequently described as attractive. It’s not super creepily done, no overly long or detailed descriptions of her body or anything like that, and these thoughts/comments are coming from the perspective of her peers… However, a couple times throughout the series, adults flirt with her or a character makes a joke about her using her attractiveness to beguile adult men.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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TheCassandraComplex
Eh, kinda, sometimes? The main characters are all preadolescents (and later, teens) and their attraction to one another comes up fairly frequently. One main character in particular is often described as physically attractive and compared to a super model by the other main characters. Her physical attributes are described but not in a super icky way.
In Book #2, the “attractive” main character is approached by an older stranger (she thinks maybe a highschool senior or a college freshman) who aggressively hits on her, tries to get her into a car and chases her into an alley. Intended SA is heavily implied. (Spoilers) She uses her morphing abilities to escape him.
In Book #44, a character makes a joke about the “attractive” main character (a teen at this point) offering grown military men dates in order to gain their cooperation in an attack.
In Book #2, the “attractive” main character is approached by an older stranger (she thinks maybe a highschool senior or a college freshman) who aggressively hits on her, tries to get her into a car and chases her into an alley. Intended SA is heavily implied. (Spoilers) She uses her morphing abilities to escape him.
In Book #44, a character makes a joke about the “attractive” main character (a teen at this point) offering grown military men dates in order to gain their cooperation in an attack.
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Is an animal abandoned?
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TheCassandraComplex
Pretty often throughout the series, the animorphs have to leave animals to their fates. I’d say Book #39 “The Hidden” has the saddest incidence of animal abandonment.
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Is there domestic violence?
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TheCassandraComplex
(Spoilers) A main character is trapped in the body of a hawk. He initially has a difficult time coping with this and attempts suicide by diving towards a wall, hoping the impact will kill him. I believe it happens pretty early in the series, possibly even Book #3.
A few other minor characters throughout the series (usually those whose brains have been taken over by a parasite alien or been trapped in a horrifying body/shape) try to kill themselves rather than live as a slave or in a body/form they find horrifying.
A few other minor characters throughout the series (usually those whose brains have been taken over by a parasite alien or been trapped in a horrifying body/shape) try to kill themselves rather than live as a slave or in a body/form they find horrifying.
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Is there bestiality?
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I’m marking “no” because it’s not “sexual,” per se, but it does get a little complicated…
There is a human main character who gets trapped in the body of a hawk and he has a romantic relationship with another main character who is fully human. No attraction to the hawk morph is expressed or implied by his love interest, the two characters simply had an emotional connection which started before he became trapped as a hawk. They do not “act” on their feelings while he is in his hawk body… well, beyond like, him perching on her shoulder and IIRC some light snuggling following a near-death experience.
I am also noting that in one of the books (#3, I believe) the character who is stuck as a hawk struggles with the hawk’s instincts when he sees a potential mate, a female hawk of the same species. He very seriously considers whether he should just give in fully to the hawk mind and live his life as a hawk with a hawk mate. On other occasions, he compares his human love interest to a bird of a prey, and says he finds her morphing into a bird particularly attractive. (The poor kid has to live his life as a hawk so we forgive him.)
Also, there are some very tame jokes and banter throughout the series that would imply hypothetical bestiality … For example, a character says something along the lines of “Have I ever told you you’re the most attractive roach I’ve ever seen?” to a human character in cockroach morph.
There is a human main character who gets trapped in the body of a hawk and he has a romantic relationship with another main character who is fully human. No attraction to the hawk morph is expressed or implied by his love interest, the two characters simply had an emotional connection which started before he became trapped as a hawk. They do not “act” on their feelings while he is in his hawk body… well, beyond like, him perching on her shoulder and IIRC some light snuggling following a near-death experience.
I am also noting that in one of the books (#3, I believe) the character who is stuck as a hawk struggles with the hawk’s instincts when he sees a potential mate, a female hawk of the same species. He very seriously considers whether he should just give in fully to the hawk mind and live his life as a hawk with a hawk mate. On other occasions, he compares his human love interest to a bird of a prey, and says he finds her morphing into a bird particularly attractive. (The poor kid has to live his life as a hawk so we forgive him.)
Also, there are some very tame jokes and banter throughout the series that would imply hypothetical bestiality … For example, a character says something along the lines of “Have I ever told you you’re the most attractive roach I’ve ever seen?” to a human character in cockroach morph.
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Is rape mentioned?
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TheCassandraComplex
Not by name but implied.
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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cmbcoldspot
David stalks the Animorphs in books 21 and 22 I think? and another character spies on them in book 33
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Is someone gaslighted?
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TheCassandraComplex
The premise of parasitic alien invaders slowly infiltrating earth involves a lot of general gaslighting. Particularly in their front organization “The Sharing” which targets vulnerable people and operates pretty much like a cult, using the same gaslighting tactics that cults often do.
The parasites controlling human host bodies also tend to gaslight their host’s family and friends to maintain cover. Book #2 comes to mind, “We can’t be bothered to help you with homework anymore because you should learn yourself, sweetie.” (Paraphrasing)
Also, occasionally, the Animorphs do gaslight each other. Jake especially struggles with this in later books because he feels like he needs to emotionally manipulate the other Animorphs to keep them doing what needs to be done.
The parasites controlling human host bodies also tend to gaslight their host’s family and friends to maintain cover. Book #2 comes to mind, “We can’t be bothered to help you with homework anymore because you should learn yourself, sweetie.” (Paraphrasing)
Also, occasionally, the Animorphs do gaslight each other. Jake especially struggles with this in later books because he feels like he needs to emotionally manipulate the other Animorphs to keep them doing what needs to be done.
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Reei
It's not on screen but it's pretty obvious that Tobias has some sort of neglect or abuse in his life.
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Addiction
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seatbelttruck
Book 17 features Yeerks using oatmeal as a drug.
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Is there addiction?
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cmbcoldspot
Tobias's stepdad is briefly described as being an alcoholic in 33, and two main characters are implied to be addicts in the Visser Chronicles
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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cmbcoldspot
Tobias's stepdad is briefly described as being an alcoholic in 33, and a main character is implied to also be an alcoholic in the Visser Chronicles
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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A horse controller dies to a combination of venom and dracon beams, and another horse controller is executed for being incompetent.
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cmbcoldspot
lots of animals die, but it usually isn't explained in detail (although at parts you have Animorphs-typical gore related to it)
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Are animals abused?
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Animal abuse —and animal suffering from human and alien impact on the environment— comes up fairly often throughout the series.
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Is there a dead animal?
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Meat and animal products, roadkill
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Does a cat die?
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In book 2, Fluffer Mckitty is slightly injured when swiped at by Tobias and seems to be in peril when Rachel, in morph as Fluffers, gets taken hostage by Chapman, but the original cat is safe at home with Melissa by the end of the book. In book 23, Tobias consumes roadkill of an already deceased cat.
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Are there spiders?
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cmbcoldspot
book 10 very heavily features spiders, and they sometimes show up as a morph/as an enemy (they have to outrun a spider in book 17 while morphed into insects)
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Are there snakes?
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there's occasional discussion of snakes and the main characters sometimes turn into them in fairly graphic detail (books 8 and 37 come to mind)
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Are there bugs?
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HonestlyAwesome
Graphic descriptions of insects and turning into them is a norm for the series
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Assault
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Anonymous
In book 2, Rachel (a teen) is approached and accosted by a college-age man who makes it clear he is trying to assault her and is only scared away when she begins to morph an elephant.
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Bodily Harm
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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AlyssaSzyszkowski
There are several scenes where characters struggle to breathe while in mid-morph, usually because they're partially underwater or they are morphing in a tight space and their lungs haven't taken in more air.
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Is there cannibalism?
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cmbcoldspot
in addition to Sammelsurium's very good comment, the Taxxons are an entire species of aliens that experience overwhelming hunger at all times and will eat each other and themselves alive
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Is someone burned alive?
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Towards the end of book one, an antagonist shoots fireballs at people as they are trying to escape. Some burn
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Is there amputation?
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AlyssaSzyszkowski
Commonly a character will lose a limb while in combat. However, these injuries disappear when they demorph, so the amputation is not permanent.
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Does a head get squashed?
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In book 1 someone’s whole body is crushed from being trampled by an elephant
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Is someone tortured?
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cmbcoldspot
book 33 is entirely Tobias being mentally and physically tortured
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Does someone fall to their death?
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In book 1 a character falls from high up on a flight of stairs. It isn’t clear whether he died or not
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Is there eye mutilation?
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cmbcoldspot
Tobias scratches people's eyes out pretty often
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Is there excessive gore?
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seatbelttruck
Not as bad as some, but quite a bit for a kid's book series.
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Anonymous
A teenager dies in book 22. Many children in morph die in book 53. A major teenaged character dies in book 54.
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Mwuuh
The R word is never used in the books. They often say "crazy", "insane", and "stupid", but never the R word.
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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The aliens called the Yeerk kidnap people and hijack their brains
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Does a parent die?
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cmbcoldspot
Marco's mother is believed to be dead until book 6. His stepmother is implied to have died off-screen later in the series. Tobias's father is dead and dies on-screen (although they don't know they're related), and his mother lost all her memory of him.
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Does someone cheat?
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cmbcoldspot
a side character believes his wife is dead and gets remarried, although she's still alive. whether or not it's cheating is kind of on the fence IMO
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Fear
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Is someone possessed?
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HonestlyAwesome
Most of the story revolves around mind controlling parasitic aliens. So this is biological possession, and not supernatural.
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Is there audio gore?
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seatbelttruck
In the form of written out sound effects and descriptions of body parts squishing and grinding during morphing.
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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I can’t remember which book but in one, the cops are described as “the good guys” … It’s very brief/minor.
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Medical
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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AlyssaSzyszkowski
Book 17 is filled with insensitive comments made by the main characters towards the mentally ill.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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cmbcoldspot
a side character dies while in the hospital in book 22, and the plot centers around breaking into a hospital in books 18 and 50
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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seatbelttruck
Book 54 deals with the end and aftermath of the war, and Jake is pretty heavily implied to be struggling with it.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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More so body horror, but since the characters morph into animals, the psychologically and physically uncomfortable aspects of that are described at length
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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cmbcoldspot
book 17 and and 27 are chock full of claustrophobic scenes, and they also feature pretty heavily in the Ellimist Chronicles
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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No explicitly autistic characters but a few characters with neurodivergent traits are teased in a way that might be hurtful for some autistic folks. Ableist labels like “psycho,” “handicapped,” “vegetable,” and “loony” are also used. Also, (spoilers) a group of disabled children —although mostly with physical disabilities— are killed in a battle near the end of the series.
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cmbcoldspot
a character fakes her own death, and another arguably goes into a battle knowing she'll die. suicidality also features pretty heavily in books 3, 8, 18, and 23, as well as The Andalite Chronicles and Visser
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Noxious
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
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cmbcoldspot
in the Visser Chronicles, there is a scene in which a character gives birth, but it goes well aside from the Implications™️ of that book
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Prejudice
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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TheCassandraComplex
Some subtly homophobic jokes and dialogue (as was common for the time) but no slurs. An example would be Marco joking about not wanting to be thought of as “girly” or “pretending” to flirt with Jake as a joke.
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cmbcoldspot
technically in Megamorphs #3 they do go back in time and kill Hitler and Rachel talks about the Holocaust (in addition to Jake briefly mentioning the antisemitism his dad experiences), however it's very brief
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Does an LGBT person die?
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cmbcoldspot
Mertil and Galfinan are two male Andalites who are heavily implied to be in a relationship, and Galfinan is also terminally sick and going to die soon after the book he's introduced in (40) ends. the series never returns to them, so it's just heavily implied that Galfinan died off-screen
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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cmbcoldspot
book 17 has a lot of ableist language. there's occasional jokes about characters post-war having PTSD, needing to be on meds, etc.
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Are there n-words?
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cmbcoldspot
in Megamorphs 4, it's heavily implied that Cassie gets called the n word
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Relationships
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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TheCassandraComplex
Mostly kissing, snuggling, and generally age-appropriate preteen stuff. A few mildly suggestive jokes here and there.
However, book #2 has attempted SA: An older teen tries to get a preadolescent girl into a car with him after cat-calling her. He chases her into an alley and she has to use her animal morphing powers to escape.
However, book #2 has attempted SA: An older teen tries to get a preadolescent girl into a car with him after cat-calling her. He chases her into an alley and she has to use her animal morphing powers to escape.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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TheCassandraComplex
(MAJOR ENDING SPOILERS) The author wanted to convey that there are no real “winners” in war, so yes, the ending is sad. Although the “final” battle is won and the war ends, it takes a horrible toll on both sides. At least one main character is dead with an unexpected betrayal (of sorts) rendering their sacrifice meaningless. Many side characters don’t make it. Genocide happens. All the surviving Animorphs are irreparably scarred and changed by the war, with a few coping only slightly better than the others. Then, many years after the war, an event occurs which puts all but one of the surviving main characters on a dangerous mission. The series ends with a cliffhanger, the ultimate fates of the surviving Animorphs unknown (but looking pretty grim).
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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In book 1 the characters crash a golf cart into a wall. No one is harmed
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Does a plane crash?
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cmbcoldspot
in book 37, Rachel crashes a plane into a building
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Mwuuh
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Jake discovers that his cousin Saddler has been fatally hurt after cycling into traffic and being hit by a vehicle. The scene happens off-screen.
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
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TheCassandraComplex
Nuclear warfare is heavily discussed and a major threat in Book #44. (SPOILERS) But it ultimately doesn’t come to that.
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Is there blood/gore?
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TheCassandraComplex
A lot. Pretty much every book has gorey bits.
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Does someone drown?
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Before the events of the series, Marco’s mother died by drowning
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Is there gun violence?
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TheCassandraComplex
Frequent gun violence throughout the series, including real weapons and sci-if weapons similar to phasers and/or laser beams.
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