Does the dog die?
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How to Sell a Haunted House
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It is not a named dog that you ever meet. There is a brief mention of missing pet flyers and finding a collar and bones. That is the extent of what is shared in the story
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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There is no mention of abuse per se, but one character spends their child separated from family and moving homes a lot because the parent doesn’t want them home after their sibling died.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Chapter 18: Louise lies to Mark about letting Pupkin abuse him up to the point where Mark falls through the ice over a pond at a Family Friends house. Eric and Nancy also underplay the event to the point where Mark represses it until a Ski Trip in high school
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Are there spiders?
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There is an imaginary dog named Spider? He does have more than the standard four legs as well. But he is most definitely not a dog or a spider
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Does a cat die?
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The story says multiple pets were missing, there were greasy bones on the counter, and in a bonfire, but only a dog collar was found in the fire. However, the author suggests that all types of pets were killed.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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In chapter 19, a character has a sewing needle stuck into their eye (paragraph begins "She reached her hand out to swat him off"). Character removes it themself a couple of pages later. The eye is temporarily blinded but recovers vision in the next scene.
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Is there excessive gore?
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There is a few scenes of gore but I wouldn’t call it excessive.
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Is someone tortured?
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Mark and Louise are tortured by Pupkin throughout the book.
Implies torture of Mark’s Pupetry Class, Eric Joyners Family and Nancy Cooke Joyners Extended family that she lives with part time before the age of 14
Implies torture of Mark’s Pupetry Class, Eric Joyners Family and Nancy Cooke Joyners Extended family that she lives with part time before the age of 14
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Does a head get squashed?
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A dead squirrel’s head gets squashed
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Is there amputation?
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Graphic, a major scene.
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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There is an injury to an ankle but not specifically that tendon.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Louise falls down the attic collapsible stairs while being chased by Spyder
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Chapter 37: Louise Collapses into unconsciousness after Freddie is exorcized from the Pupkin paper mache doll
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Is someone buried alive?
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A nonhuman character is buried alive.
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Does a kid die?
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Spoiler: You find out Freddie, Louise and Mark’s Uncle who died when he was five hadn’t fired from lockjaw but had drowned in a pool at the Howard Johnson’s Hotel while Nancy (Their mother) was supposed to be watching him. This event took place 65+ years before the main narrative
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Does a parent die?
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Mark and Louise's Parents Die in a car accident at the beginning of the book.
Nancy's father dies when she is 11 trying to rush the cash box out of his burning laundromat.
Nancy's mother died when she was 15 from an illness.
Nancy's father dies when she is 11 trying to rush the cash box out of his burning laundromat.
Nancy's mother died when she was 15 from an illness.
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Are there mannequins?
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Dolls and puppets
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Does someone vomit?
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In chapter 20, a character vomits in a parking lot. The smell is described (Paragraph begins "Mark yanked the wheel").
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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A character briefly describes being a child when it happened and seeing it on TV.
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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A sewing needle is jabbed into someone's eye.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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33: Mark, Louise and Poppy visit Great Aunt Honey in the hospital for an undisclosed illness, she is resting in a hospital bed wearing an air mask
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Mental Health
Does someone die by suicide?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Does a car crash?
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Louise and Mark’s Parents, Eric and Nancy Joyner, Died in a T Bone car crash at the beginning of the main narrative.
Louise drives past the scene of the car accident less than a week later and there’s still broken glass and the hub cap from their parents car at the intersection.
Louise drives past the scene of the car accident less than a week later and there’s still broken glass and the hub cap from their parents car at the intersection.
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Does someone drown?
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Chapter 34: you find out Mark and Louise’s Uncle Freddie drowned 65+ years before the main narrative. Their mother Nancy was felt to be partially at fault since her parents had her a seven year old watching her five year old brother by the kitty pool at the Howard Johnson’s Hotel
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Is there gun violence?
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Chapter 20: Mark shoots a Pupkin to stop him from attacking Louise, Some of Pupkins stuffing falls out and he escapes into the vent
Chapter 27: The EMTs that respond to Louise’s 911 call are coming off a call where police officer shot off a finger while testing a gun at a Walmart and then shot the attendant in the shin trying to pick up the same gun.
Chapter 27: The EMTs that respond to Louise’s 911 call are coming off a call where police officer shot off a finger while testing a gun at a Walmart and then shot the attendant in the shin trying to pick up the same gun.
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