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Violence
Some
Science fiction horror; body transformation is depicted with disturbing specificity
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Psychological horror of transformation and captivity; the loss of physical autonomy
What this book is about
Plane crash survivors Semi, Miranda, and Arnie are rescued by a remote island's only inhabitant — a scientist who turns out to be conducting radical genetic experiments. Based loosely on The Island of Doctor Moreau, Ann Halam's YA horror is disturbing in its specifics: the transformation scenes are genuinely unsettling. One of YA horror's more effective body-horror entries.
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Body horror transformation content
Medical experimentation on teenagers
Psychological horror
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