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Dealing with Mental Health & Trauma Winter 2020 |
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Jane Anonymous
by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Locked in a room by an unknown kidnapper who slid her basic needs through a pet door, a 17-year-old girl escapes back home to her family and struggles with crippling PTSD that compels her to write a therapeutic diary chronicling her efforts to uncover the truth of what happened.
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The map from here to there
by Emery Lord
Embarking on a senior year of high school with all the promises of a fun job, great friends and a devoted boyfriend, Paige Hancock confronts big decisions about her life after high school while acknowledging that she secretly does not want anything to change.
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Turtle under ice
by Juleah Del Rosario
A teen whose family has been traumatized since the death of her mother a few years earlier wakes up in the middle of the night to discover that her older sister has mysteriously gone missing during a snowstorm.
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What kind of girl
by Alyssa B Sheinmel
An unflinching exploration of the role of misogyny in teen culture by the award-winning author of The Haunting of Sunshine Girl follows the experiences of the female students at a high school that becomes divided by an expulsion case involving a girl who has accused her boyfriend of assault.
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The easy part of impossible
by Sarah Tomp
Freed from an abusive coach who dominated her Olympics ambitions, a talented young diver struggling with ADHD and trauma rekindles a friendship with a boy on the autism spectrum before her coach returns to her life with a hard-to-resist offer.
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The lightness of hands
by Jeff Garvin
A teen with bipolar II signs her father up to perform his legendary but infamously failed illusion on live television in the hope of making enough money to pay for desperately needed medication. By the award-winning author of Symptoms of Being Human.
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The lucky ones
by Liz Lawson
Struggling with grief, anger and survival guilt in the months after her twin is murdered in a school shooting, May forges an unexpected bond with the maligned son of a woman who incurred local wrath for defending the shooter.
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Home home
by Lisa Allen-Agostini
Relocated against her will from Trinidad to Canada when she is hospitalized for depression, a homesick teen struggles through cultural adjustments before discovering the healing potential of her family’s unconditional love, new friends and a hopeful future.
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