Spells to Forget Us

Themes & Content

• Genres
• Fiction
• Fantasy
• Romance

• Central Theme Categories
• Centering Culture & Identity
• Cross Group

• Content
• Diverse Families/Family Dynamics
• Multigenerational
• Multiracial Families
• Only Children
• Inequalities
• Hyper-Sexualization
• Internet
• Social Media Usage
• Interpersonal Abuse/Violence
• LGBTQIAP2S+
• Mind/Body
• Body Image
• Weightism/Sizeism/Fatphobia
• Resistance to Authoritative Opinions
• Self-acceptance
• Self-hatred
• Race-Related
• Multiracial Identities
• Racism
• Relationship/Sexuality
• Dating
• Friendship
• Intimacy/Sex/Sexting
• Non-sexual Intimacy
• Romance
• School/Extracurricular Activities

• Settings
• Americas
• Northern America
• United States of America
• Massachusetts

• Ethnicity
• Irish
• Persian
• Unspecified
• Vietnamese

• Gender Representation
• Boys/Men
• Girls/Women

• Sexual Orientation / Relationship Representation
• Bi+/M-Spec
• Bisexual
• Heterosexual
• Lesbian

• Race / Culture
• Asian/Pacific Islander/Asian American
• Bi/Multiracial/Mixed Race
• Black/African/African American
• Middle Eastern/North African/Arab
• White/European American/Caucasian

• Cross Group Sub
• Central
• Direct
• Negative
• Positive
• Resolving

• Character Prominence
• Joint Main
• Secondary

• Author Lived Experience
• Author shares race/culture AND ethnicity/tribal nation/homeland with main characters

• Unique Contributions
• Bi/Multiracial/Mixed Race characters and/or story
• Cross Group interactions between BIPOC characters
• Middle Eastern/North African/Arab