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Living on the Edge: Books that discuss grief with teens
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Grief girl : my true story
by Erin Vincent
When her parents are killed in a car accident, a teenage girl is left to deal with the pain and hardship as she, her seventeen-year-old sister, and three-year-old brother struggle to survive on their own, in a powerful tale about love and loss. Reprint.
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I don't want to be crazy
by Samantha Schutz
Having been so excited about going away to college in order to live the life of her dreams, Samantha finds the distance from her watchful family and the independence she desired very difficult to handle and suddenly begins to suffer from incapacitating anxiety attacks that change everything she had planned. Reprint.
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Lucky
by Alice Sebold
The author describes the circumstances of her rape as an eighteen-year-old college freshman, the arrest and trial of her attacker, and her struggle to reclaim her shattered life
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Leaving dirty Jersey : a crystal meth memoir
by James Salant
Traces the author's descent from a life of wealth and privilege into crystal meth addiction and petty crime throughout the course of a year, a period during which he came to an understanding of the side effects of crystal meth use and suffered a near-psychotic event that prompted his decision to get clean. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
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Girl, Interrupted
by Susanna Kaysen
The author of Asa, as I Knew Him offers a compelling and poignant memoir of her two years as a teenager in a psychiatric hospital, sharing vivid portraits of her fellow patients, their keepers, and her experiences during treatment. Reprint. 100,000 first printing.
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The burn journals
by Brent Runyon
Brent Runyon was fourteen years old when he set himself on fire, and an intense retelling of that suicide attempt followed by a year of physical and psychological recovery conveys with a terrible clarity what it means to want to commit suicide. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 35,000 first printing. Also available as CDBK.
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Three little words : a memoir
by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Growing up in 14 foster homes, dealing with 44 caseworkers, coping with abusive treatment and constantly changing surroundings, a young girl finds the inner strength she needs to come out of the depths of the foster system and grow to become a success in her own right, in a powerful memoir for young adult readers. Reprint.
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Makes me wanna holler : a young Black man in America
by Nathan McCall
Examining the complexities of the problems of black youths from an insider's perspective, an African-American journalist recalls his own troubled childhood, his rehabilitation while in prison, and his successful Washington Post career. Reprint. 150,000 first printing.
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I know why the caged bird sings
by Maya Angelou
The critically acclaimed author and poet recalls the anguish of her childhood in Arkansas and her adolescence in northern slums. Reissue.
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Hole in my life
by Jack Gantos
The author relates how, as a young adult, he became a drug user and smuggler, was arrested, did time in prison, and eventually got out and went to college, all the while hoping to become a writer
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Tasting the Sky : A Palestinian Childhood
by Ibtisam Barakat
Set in Ramallah during the aftermath of the 1967 Six-Day War, this poignant glimpse into a little-known culture traces the author's life, from her tragic childhood as a Palestinian refugee to her joyous discovery of the Arabic alphabet, which led to her passion for language and writing. 15,000 first printing.
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