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[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but only in the 18+ section.

[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Rightly so, those books are traumatic.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They were kinda dark for kid's books, weren't they?

[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Applegate outright said she wanted to hammer home the message that war is hell and changes you in ways you can't heal. She did it effectively.

Edit:typo

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The children yearn for stories of body horror

[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Scholastic has been publishing a series of Animorphs graphic novels recently and the art for the morphs is grotesque. Well drawn, just horrifying.