Historical Fiction
Enslaved on an Alabama plantation, teen Junie awakens her sister’s ghost and confronts buried horrors while seeking love and liberation.
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Enslaved on an Alabama plantation, teen Junie awakens her sister’s ghost and confronts buried horrors while seeking love and liberation.
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Sixteen years old and enslaved since she was born, Junie has spent her life on Bellereine Plantation in Alabama, cooking and cleaning alongside her family, and tending to the white master’s daughter, Violet. Her daydreams are filled with poetry and faraway worlds, while she spends her nights secretly roaming through the forest, consumed with grief over the sudden death of her older sister, Minnie. When wealthy guests arrive from New Orleans, hinting at marriage for Violet and upending Junie’s li...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Developing romance with Caleb; attraction and intimacy, not graphic
Violence & gore
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Historical horror; brutality and deaths tied to plantation slavery
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources
Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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Sister’s spirit raised and tethered; magical realism drives the plot
Occult / demonology
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Ghost tethered to the living; mild spirit-communication elements
Political content
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Central focus on slavery, freedom, justice, and liberation
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Pervasive chattel slavery; sustained psychological and physical cruelty
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