Rules
A character takes medication for depression
Darius the Great is not Okay
A character's father lives in another country and her mom is dead
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
A Japanese reporter interviews a character after a demostration
Victory, Stand
A character learns about bi-polar disorder and that people could be lucid and function with the disease
Educated by Tara Westover
"I heard stories about you before you even got here. That's why I got involved. It's why I volunteered to get you."
Shatter Me by Taherah Mafi
An email explains why PBJ sandwiches are not allowed
Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood
A character reads the encyclopedia and bible from her brother
Educated by Tara Westover
Black Panther and Hawkeye comics are found in a backpack
They Both Die in the End
A character has to go to another job because "college doesn't pay for itself."
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking up with Me by Mariko Tomani
"If he is not bumped off too soon he can do us a lot of good."
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
"Time is an illusion, a construct made out of human memory. There's no such thing as the past, the present, and the future."
Recursion by Blake Couch
A character's father constantly monitors their son's weight
Darius the Great is not Okay
A wedding gift is a horse
Enter the Body by Joy McCullough
School police officers escort characters out through the gym to escape a crowd
Accountable
"How else did she get 14 bullet holes in her?"
Burn Down, Rise Up
A character has a fundraiser with classmates to raise money to travel to Spain
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Silence that Binds us
All the students were fashionably dressed and wore dark sunglasses
Victory, Stand! by Tommie Smith Derrick Barnes and Duwad Anyabwile
Recursion by Blake Couch
"Do not let her swim. Keep her away from rivers and creeks."
The Drowned Woods by Emily Lloyd-Jones
A character says medication should only be for old and sick people
Darius the Great is not Okay by Adib Khorran
A character files a law suit against another concerning money owed to her deceased husband
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
A character receives a rich purple dress, a rich plum color good enough to eat
Shatter Me by Taherah Mafi
A group of boys made jokes in a Taco Bell after one of the boys said a girl had a low IQ and stole his pencil
Accountable by Dashka Slater
"Another bottle of disinfectant spray. And more trash bags."
We Need Monuments by Jas Hammonds