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Track_Shovel slrpnk.net Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net
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Sparhawk sh.itjust.works Sparhawk@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-02-26
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Still hungry

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Broadfern lemmy.world Broadfern@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-02-03
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Young girl murders two women after TBI with help of three men at behest of corrupt government official, deaths are met with celebration by local populace

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WhiteRabbit_33 lemmy.world WhiteRabbit_33@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
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Two kids torment a cannibal and then brutally murder them.

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tacosanonymous mander.xyz tacosanonymous@mander.xyz
Joined: 2025-06-30
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Young girl murders two women after TBI with help of three men at behest of corrupt government official, deaths are met with celebration by local populace

Ooh, I know this one!

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kindnesskills literature.cafe kindnesskills@literature.cafe
Joined: 2025-12-24
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This child cannot befriend anyone, even in her wildest dreams.

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TheEEEdiot sh.itjust.works TheEEEdiot@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-14
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Ooh, I know this one!

Help?

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tacosanonymous mander.xyz tacosanonymous@mander.xyz
Joined: 2025-06-30
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Help?
Tap for spoiler

The Wizard of Oz

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nocturne slrpnk.net nocturne@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2025-06-13
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taiyang lemmy.world taiyang@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-08
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A strange young lad who speaks only in rhyme stalks an elderly man he just met, ultimately persuading the gentleman into eating a questionable off-color breakfast entree.

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gnufuu lemmy.ca gnufuu@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2026-06-10
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Critical analysis of the pig population's worsening housing crisis

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Eq0 literature.cafe Eq0@literature.cafe
Joined: 2023-08-01
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A strange young lad who speaks only in rhyme stalks an elderly man he just met, ultimately persuading the gentleman into eating a questionable off-color breakfast entree.

We need the real title as well!

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atomicbocks sh.itjust.works atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-02-16
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Critical analysis of the pig population's worsening housing crisis

I was thinking way too hard about this and trying to figure out how Animal Farm was a kids book…

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Elgenzay lemmy.ml Elgenzay@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-06-07
#14 · (edited) Quote Reply

We need the real title as well!
Title

Green Eggs and Ham

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Ironrod sh.itjust.works Ironrod@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-06-14
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We need the real title as well!

Green eggs and ham

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Denjin feddit.uk Denjin@feddit.uk
Joined: 2025-07-30
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Old man tricks friend into elaborate heist that culminates in outbreak of gang violence and the death of an endangered animal.

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KokusnussRitter discuss.tchncs.de KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2024-04-16
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Two kids torment a cannibal and then brutally murder them.
Spoiler

Hänsel and Gretel?

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KokusnussRitter discuss.tchncs.de KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2024-04-16
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Girl enters psychodelic phantasies while reading a book. Speaks of beaheading a government official.

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KokusnussRitter discuss.tchncs.de KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2024-04-16
#19 · (edited) Quote Reply

This child cannot befriend anyone, even in her wildest dreams.
Spoiler

Coraline ?

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huppakee lemmy.world huppakee@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-05-15
#20 · (edited) Quote Reply

A teenager so obsessed with monsters he makes it his life goals to put one of each in a pocket-sized container, trying to prove his worth by letting them battle in meaningless cockfights.

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WhiteRabbit_33 lemmy.world WhiteRabbit_33@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
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::: spoiler Spoiler Hänsel and Gretel? :::

Yep!

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Legitimate_lake lemmy.world Legitimate_lake@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-12-10
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Girl enters psychodelic phantasies while reading a book. Speaks of beaheading a government official.

Alis in wonder land?

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Dharma Curious (he/him) slrpnk.net dharmacurious@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2024-03-22
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Old man tricks friend into elaborate heist that culminates in outbreak of gang violence and the death of an endangered animal.

What is this one? I'm lost lol

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Dharma Curious (he/him) slrpnk.net dharmacurious@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2024-03-22
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What is the first one? A violent child hallucinating monsters. I don't recognize it.

Here's mine

A young boy with a bad home life gets sent to live in a school for magical kids, with moving photographs, and has to solve a mystery.

And no, it's not harry potter

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DigDoug lemmy.world DigDoug@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-11
#25 · (edited) Quote Reply

A fish is ostracised by his community until he gives them a pound of flesh.

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nightofmichelinstars sopuli.xyz nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-09-21
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What is the first one? A violent child hallucinating monsters. I don't recognize it. Here's mine A young boy with a bad home life gets sent to live in a school for magical kids, with moving photographs, and has to solve a mystery. And no, it's not harry potter

Where the wild things are, for the OP? I don't know about yours.

Mine: a foot fetishist gets married.

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InterestingUsername lemmy.ml InterestingUsername@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2026-02-11
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A fish is ostracised by his community until he gives them a pound of flesh.

Which book is this?

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EtnaAtsume lemmy.world EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-07
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Which book is this?

The Rainbow Fish.

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The Mop Lord moplemmy.fyi mappe@moplemmy.fyi
Joined: 2026-08-12
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A teenager so obsessed with monsters he makes it his life goals to put one of each in a pocket-sized container, trying to prove his worth by letting them battle in meaningless cockfights.

They're not meaningless. You get badges. BADGES!

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Denjin feddit.uk Denjin@feddit.uk
Joined: 2025-07-30
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What is this one? I'm lost lol
spoiler

The Hobbit

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nightofmichelinstars sopuli.xyz nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-09-21
#31 · (edited) Quote Reply

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kindnesskills literature.cafe kindnesskills@literature.cafe
Joined: 2025-12-24
#32 · (edited) Quote Reply

::: spoiler Spoiler Coraline ? :::

Good guess, but not quite!

Tap for spoiler

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

She's mostly upset at, or upsetting, everyone she meets for most of the book.

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Dharma Curious (he/him) slrpnk.net dharmacurious@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2024-03-22
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Where the wild things are, for the OP? I don't know about yours. Mine: a foot fetishist gets married.

Oh, that makes sense. I've never read that one.

Got yours! For some reasons, spoilers don't work when I post them, so gonna use the handy upside down text generator lol

˙ƃuᴉʞ pǝɹ ǝɥʇ ɟo uǝɹplᴉɥƆ/ǝuoq ǝᴉlɹɐɥƆ sɐʍ ǝuᴉW ˙ɐllǝɹǝpuᴉƆ sᴉ sɹno⅄

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Dharma Curious (he/him) slrpnk.net dharmacurious@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2024-03-22
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::: spoiler spoiler The Hobbit :::

I am so ashamed of myself for not getting this one! I had the book on tape as a kid, and listened to it so much that the tape physically disintegrated on one of them!

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absGeekNZ lemmy.nz absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz
Joined: 2023-06-29
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Mob boss in fabulous coat, repossesses all of our stuff.

spoiler

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absGeekNZ lemmy.nz absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz
Joined: 2023-06-29
#36 · Quote Reply

The power of persistence, how to get vulnerable people addicted to drugs.

spoiler

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muffedtrims lemmy.world muffedtrims@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-09
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A naive homeowner invites an unhinged, highly demanding intruder into his home after offering a seemingly innocent piece of food.

What begins as a simple act of hospitality rapidly devolves into a relentless psychological hostage situation.

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KokusnussRitter discuss.tchncs.de KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2024-04-16
#38 · (edited) Quote Reply

What is the first one? A violent child hallucinating monsters. I don't recognize it. Here's mine A young boy with a bad home life gets sent to live in a school for magical kids, with moving photographs, and has to solve a mystery. And no, it's not harry potter

It's not Harry Potter? Damn. Hmmm... is it the book people theorize JKR was inspired by? There was such a thing, was there? Or am i just making shit up?

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𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠 programming.dev ChairmanMeow@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-08-16
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Young boy from communal household is groomed into becoming a slave-owning capitalist, whose products endanger the health of the general population, through a series of industrial accidents.

Answer

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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KokusnussRitter discuss.tchncs.de KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2024-04-16
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Where the wild things are, for the OP? I don't know about yours. Mine: a foot fetishist gets married.

Mine: a foot fetishist gets married.

Spoiler

Cinderella?

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KokusnussRitter discuss.tchncs.de KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2024-04-16
#41 · (edited) Quote Reply

Mob boss in fabulous coat, repossesses all of our stuff. ::: spoiler spoiler :::
Imma just leave that here before checking the correct answer :3

Robin hood

checks Lol! Not. Even. Close!

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KokusnussRitter discuss.tchncs.de KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2024-04-16
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Alis in wonder land?

yes :3

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KokusnussRitter discuss.tchncs.de KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2024-04-16
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Good guess, but not quite! ::: spoiler Tap for spoiler Alice's Adventures in Wonderland She's mostly upset at, or upsetting, everyone she meets for most of the book. :::

Shame on me, I posted a bad description for the same story as well. xDD

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Corhen lemmy.world Smokeless7048@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
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An obsessed parents stocks their child, imbuing them with Stockholm Syndrome

Title

Love you Forever

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absGeekNZ lemmy.nz absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz
Joined: 2023-06-29
#45 · Quote Reply

Mystical mouse manifests murderous monster, maintaining munching moment.

spoiler

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gigaqps lemmy.world gigaqps@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-09-09
#46 · (edited) Quote Reply

They're not meaningless. You get badges. BADGES!

badges. BADGES!

Mushroom, mushroom

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silasmariner programming.dev silasmariner@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-07-01
#47 · (edited) Quote Reply

A naive homeowner invites an unhinged, highly demanding intruder into his home after offering a seemingly innocent piece of food. What begins as a simple act of hospitality rapidly devolves into a relentless psychological hostage situation.

*his home -> her home, surely

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RavenofDespair lemmy.ml RavenofDespair@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-10-29
#48 · Quote Reply

Two kids torment a cannibal and then brutally murder them.

Nice Old lady feeds lost children only for them to turn violet.

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InFerNo lemmy.ml InFerNo@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-06-07
#49 · Quote Reply

An evil woman sets out to kidnap over 100 puppies to skin them for a coat.

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Simulation6 sopuli.xyz Simulation6@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-29
#50 · Quote Reply

Then there is the classic, A young girl travels to a far off country and kills the first person she meets and then teams up with 3 others and plots to kill again.

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Soup lemmy.world Soup@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-09
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An evil woman sets out to kidnap over 100 puppies to skin them for a coat.

That’s literally the plot exactly.

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