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Tear-jerkers for fans of The Fault in Our Stars
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Speak of me as I am by Sonia BelascoA girl mourning the death of her mother and a boy whose best friend committed suicide find companionship and healing through artistic endeavors, including a Shakespeare production at their school.
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This impossible light by Lily MyersThe YouTube slam poetry star of Shrinking Women presents a novel in verse centering around the challenges of body image, tracing the experiences of a teen who develops bulimia in her effort to find purpose, control and confidence in response to her family's dysfunction and a best friend's estrangement.
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Eliza and her monsters by Francesca ZappiaWhen the anonymous teen creator of a wildly popular webcomic is tempted by a school newcomer to pursue real-world relationships, everything she has worked so hard to build crumbles in the wake of their highly publicized romance.
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Four weeks, five people by Jennifer YuFive teens who struggle with mental-health and social challenges bond over their respective difficulties and form unexpected connections in their efforts to prove that they are more than their problems.
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Letters to the lost
by Brigid Kemmerer
Leaving letters to her late photojournalist mother on her grave, Juliet is surprised when she receives an anonymous reply from an equally lonely boy who she does not realize is one of her classmates.
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Asking for it
by Louise O'Neill
After beautiful eighteen-year-old Emma O'Donovan is found on her doorstep disheveled, bleeding, and disoriented, with no memory of the party she attended the night before, viral photographs from the party set off a criminal investigation that divides herquiet Irish town
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Bang : a novel by Barry LygaA decade after accidentally shooting and killing his infant sister when he was four years old, Sebastian is haunted by the guilt and horror of the incident and bonds with a new friend before resolving to get another gun in the hope of rectifying his past.
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The pain eater
by Beth Goobie
Maddy wants to keep the fact that she was attacked a secret, but finds this intention difficult when one of her perpetrators is placed in her English class and they must complete a group assignment together
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The You I've Never Known by Ellen HopkinsA novel in both verse and prose by the best-selling author of Triangles follows the struggles of a girl who longs for a permanent home after years spent moving with her nomadic father, a situation that is shaped by a special friend and daunting revelations about the mother who abandoned her.
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We are okay by Nina LaCourRunning back to college and shutting out everyone from her life in California after a traumatic summer that nobody else knows about, Marin is forced to confront what happened during a lonely, fateful winter break. By the award-winning author of Hold Still.
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Unnatural deeds
by Cyn Balog
Not caring about anyone or anything except her equally misfit boyfriend, Victoria is enthralled by a newcomer who has her lying to everyone in an effort to unravel his secrets until a fatal tragedy forces her to reevaluate her choices, in a story augmented by news clippings and police interviews.
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Unbecoming by Jenny DownhamA multigenerational story by the award-winning author of Before I Die finds Katie bonding with her dementia-afflicted grandmother, whose zeal for life and tragic losses are gradually revealed while Katie comes to terms with her own relationships and sexuality.
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Teach me to forget
by Erica M. Chapman
Attempting suicide in the wake of her younger sister's death and her family's estrangement, Ellery is stopped by a classmate who endeavors to win her trust while hiding a personal agenda.
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All in pieces by Suzanne YoungSent to an alternative high school after an event that stemmed from caring for a special-needs sibling, Savannah bonds with fellow newcomer Cameron while struggling to retain custody of her brother and navigate a vengeful ex.
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Aftermath
by Clara Kensie
Four years after being kidnapped, sixteen-year-old Charlotte returns home to find her family ripped apart, but before she can try to reunite them, or help find the body of her captor's first victim, she must come to terms with her past
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Life in a fishbowl
by Len Vlahos
Fifteen-year-old Jackie is determined to reclaim her family's privacy and dignity by ending a reality television program about her father's terminal brain tumor
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Suicide notes from beautiful girls by Lynn WeingartenRefusing to believe that her best friend and soulmate, Delia, committed suicide, June reflects on the fateful night a year earlier that culminated in what she believes was Delia's murder.
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Girl in pieces by Kathleen GlasgowHaving suffered terrible losses, including the accidental death of her father, 17-year-old Charlotte adopts a tough demeanor and engages in self-destructive rituals to hide her deep pain before undertaking a poignant journey of healing.
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This is where the world ends by Amy ZhangNext-door neighbors, polar opposites and secret best friends Micah and Janie hide their friendship from their clique-minded classmates until Janie is date raped and she becomes ostracized by her former friends. By the author of Falling into Place.
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You were here
by Cori McCarthy
Discovering a list of daredevil stunts left behind by her late extreme-sports maverick brother, Jaycee vows to complete the dares at any cost before she is challenged by her eccentric friends to reclaim the part of herself that she buried with her brother.
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Essential maps for the lost by Deb CalettiDesperate to escape her suffocating mother and family expectations during a last summer away, Mads becomes involved with the grieving son of a dead woman and pursues a relationship marked by a favorite book, bizarre coincidences and devastating secrets.
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Unforgivable by Amy Lynn ReedA sequel to Invincible shares the story of Marcus, who endures the pain of a brother's suicide and his mother's abandonment through an intense relationship with Evie that is threatened by her near drowning.
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The memory of light by Francisco X StorkWaking up in the mental disorders ward after a suicide attempt, Vicky makes friends with other at-risk kids, who under the guidance of a compassionate doctor help her through the first steps towards self-acceptance and confronting the challenges that prompted her depression.
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