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All the bright places
by Jennifer Niven
Meeting on the ledge of their school's bell tower, misfit Theodore Finch and suicidal Violet Markey find acceptance and healing that are overshadowed by Finch's fears about Violet's growing social world.
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Belzhar : a novel
by Meg Wolitzer
A young adult debut by the best-selling author of The Interestings traces the experiences of Jam, who is sent to a therapeutic Vermont boarding school where she confronts her losses in the aftermath of her beloved boyfriend's shattering death.
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Challenger deep
by Neal Shusterman
A brilliant but troubled high school student pretends to engage in sports activities and uses his artistic talents to document his voyage to the world's most southern point while his friends observe his increasingly unbalanced behavior.
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Darius the Great is not okay
by Adib Khorram
A Persian-American youth who prefers pop culture to the traditions of his mixed family struggles with clinical depression and the misunderstandings of older relatives while bonding with a boy who helps him embrace his Iranian heritage.
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Dr. Bird's advice for sad poets
by Evan Roskos
Singing songs to himself in the style of Walt Whitman to raise his self-esteem and alleviate depression, 16-year-old James rebels against the father who kicked out James' older sister while struggling to understand the circumstances that led to his sister's self-destructive behavior.
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Fangirl
by Rainbow Rowell
Being consummate fans of the Simon Snow series helped Cath and her twin sister, Wren, cope as little girls whose mother left them, but now, as they start college but not as roommates, Cath fears she is unready to live without Wren holding her hand--and without her passion for Snow.
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Finding Audrey
by Sophie Kinsella
Energized by a friendship with her brother's gaming teammate, 14-year-old Audrey, a girl with an anxiety disorder, finds their subsequent romance challenging her progress.
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Letting go of gravity
by Meg Leder
Parker struggles to reconnect with her twin brother, Charlie, who's recovering from cancer, and to deal with her anxiety about her own future.
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Little & Lion
by Brandy Colbert
Returning home to Los Angeles from her New England boarding school, Suzette considers staying home for good so that she can be near her friends, her crush, and her recently diagnosed bipolar brother, a situation that is complicated by her growing feelings for the girl her brother loves.
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Made you up
by Francesca Zappia
Struggling with a form of schizophrenia that challenges her ability to discern reality from delusion, Alex unexpectedly falls for a boy and begins to experience typical teen rites of passage that change her perspectives.
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The place between breaths
by Na An
Grace, sixteen, fears that she will succumb to the schizophrenia that took her mother away, while she and her father work for a genetics lab rushing to find a cure.
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Skinny
by Ibi Kaslik
Watching her sister in a losing battle with anorexia as a result of being unable to cope with the death of their father, Holly realizes that her own dreams must be put aside for the moment in order to help her sister get through this difficult period by teaching her how to deal with the loss in a healthy way before it's too late.
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Turtles all the way down
by John Green
This is the story Aza Holmes, a young woman navigating daily existence within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.
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When we collided
by Emery Lord
Resigning himself to another summer of just getting by, a young man overwhelmed by family responsibilities meets a vibrant, beauty-loving girl whose zest for life turns dangerous when she pursues increasingly high-risk adventures.
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Lighter than my shadow
by Katie Green
A graphic memoir in tribute to the challenges of eating disorders, abuse and recovery follows the experiences of a picky eater whose silent starvation-protests ultimately put her life at risk.
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