I think there is a difference between gang rape and not happy - of course I don't know how detailed that's going to be, but this in specific bothers me about many historic YA novels - of course sexual violence happens and happened, but the frequency with which this brand of violence is included in books aimed at young girls upsets me and strikes me as unnecessarily gratuitous. Of course this is not surprising, considering how often it's used to add grit and background detail to adult historic novels, so this as the kiddie version was most likely inevitable.

Disability handling - o.O WTF, that's creepy.