Kirsten: An American Girl

The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas (2020)

38 Nooses: Lincoln, Little Crow, and the Beginning of the Frontier’s End by Scott W. Berg (2013)

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-Child death, depicted and referenced in fiction (Meet Kirsten recap, Mystery recap)
-Death, depicted in fiction, including illustration of a corpse (Changes for Kirsten recap)
-References to maternal and infant mortality (Happy Birthday, Kirsten recap and interstitial)
-Derogatory language about Indigenous people, used in fiction (Kirsten Learns a Lesson recap)
-Discussion of anti-Indigenous racism and references to oppression of Native people in the Midwest in the 19th Century (throughout Kirsten Learns a Lesson recap and interstitial, as well as Short Story and Welcome to Kirsten’s World recaps)
-Violent threats made with a firearm, depicted in fiction (Short Story recaps)
-Corporal punishment of children, referenced but not depicted in fiction (Kirsten Learns a Lesson recap)
-Non-graphic references to symptoms of serious illness (Meet Kirsten recap)
-Spousal abuse referenced but not depicted in fiction (Mystery recap)
-Grief and mourning, depicted and referenced (throughout Meet Kirsten, Kirsten Learns a Lesson, Short Stories, and Mystery sections)