Fifth-graders navigate friendships, crushes, and constant fear as the Atlanta child murders terrorize their city.
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Fifth-graders navigate friendships, crushes, and constant fear as the Atlanta child murders terrorize their city.
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"It was the end of summer, a summer during a two-year nightmare. African American children around Atlanta were vanishing, and twenty-nine would be murdered by the end of 1981.Like all kids across the city, fifth-grade classmates Tasha Baxter, Rodney Green, and Octavia Harrison were discovering that back-to-school now meant special safety lessons, indoor recess, and being thrown into a world their parents couldn't comprehend, one in which the everyday challenges of growing up were coupled with c...
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Romance & sex
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Brief mention of a fifth-grader developing a crush on a boy from another neighborhood
Violence & gore
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Central premise involves fear of child abductions and murders occurring in the city
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Explores racial identity, colorism, and social hierarchies among Black schoolchildren
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Children endure pervasive fear of abduction and murder; references to peer killings and social cruelty
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