![]() ![]() ![]() In NINTH HOUSE, when Alex nearly dies in a drug den, it turns into her salvation, or so she thinks. If this is not a fit for your teen just yet, try the similarly themed Truly Devious and Shades of London series, both a bit tamer, and both by Maureen Johnson. The main character, Alex, had a difficult past and uses the tenacity she's developed to seek justice for those wronged, and she's pretty merciless about it. Language stays pretty salty as well, with frequent use of "f-k" and lots of sexualized banter, some tame and some cruel. People are injured and die in gruesome scenes, including a stabbing and the bludgeoning with a baseball bat (described with "chips of skull and brain flying"). A mental patient is kidnaped and cut open for a magic ritual. There's a whole lot of drug use (the main character was a former user and dealer and her best friend died of an overdose), sexual content, and violence, especially jarring sexual violence with a date rape drug and a video passed around to add to the humiliation. If you have an older, mature teen reader already well versed in R movies with lots of mature content, this may be OK for them. Her teen fans will know about it - it's marketed to them as well. ![]() Parents need to know that Ninth House is the first book for adults by popular young adult fantasy author Leigh Bardugo ( The Grisha Trilogy, Six of Crows, Wonder Woman: Warbringer). ![]()
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