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Aftercare Instructions by Bonnie PipkinIn the tradition of Rainbow Rowell and Jandy Nelson, a powerful, big-hearted journey of furious friendship, crazy love, and unexpected hope "Troubled." That's seventeen-year-old Genesis according to her small New Jersey town. She finds refuge and stability in her relationship with her boyfriend, Peter--until he abandons her at a Planned Parenthood clinic during their appointment to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. The betrayal causes Gen to question everything. As Gen pushes herself forward to find her new identity without Peter, she must also confront her most painful memories. Through the lens of an ongoing four act play within the novel, the fantasy of their undying love unravels line by line, scene by scene. Digging deeper into her past while exploring the underground theater world of New York City, she rediscovers a long forgotten dream. But it's when Gen lets go of her history, the one she thinks she knows, that she's finally able to embrace the complicated, chaotic true story of her life, and take center stage.
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All Out of Pretty by Ingrid PalmerFor sixteen-year-old Andrea, beauty and friendships are a liability and academic achievement is the key to her future, but survival becomes paramount after her addict mother claims custody and puts them at the mercy of her drug dealer boyfriend.
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The Art of Starving by Sam J MillerA gay teen with an eating disorder that he believes gives him supernatural mental clarity decides to infiltrate the life of a bully responsible for driving away his sister, an effort that leads to a greater awareness of body image, self-acceptance and the things he cannot control.
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Ask Me How I Got Here by Christine HeppermannA novel in verse traces the experiences of a young woman who becomes pregnant after one careless night and decides to have an abortion but struggles with depression before reconnecting with a former teammate who is going through her own difficulties.
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The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X. R. PanAfter her mother's suicide, grief-stricken Leigh Sanders travels to Taiwan to stay with grandparents she never met, determined to find her mother who she believes turned into a bird.
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Bang: A Novel by Barry LygaA new friend and their YouTube cooking channel help fourteen-year-old Sebastian move on from accidentally shooting his infant sister ten years earlier.
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Beneath a Meth Moon: An Elegy by Jacqueline WoodsonAfter losing her mother and grandmother to Hurricane Katrina, Laurel Daneau begins a new life in a new town, but when her boyfriend T-Boom introduces her to meth, her future begins to look as bleak as her past.
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Black Chuck by Regan McDonellAfter the body of his friend is found in a field outside of town, Réal Dufresne, haunted by nightmares, struggles with vague memories of beating his friend and with his troubled relationship with his friend's pregnant girlfriend.
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Brave Enough by Kati GardnerThe lives of Davis Channing, a cancer surviving recovering addict, and Cason Martin, a ballerina undergoing chemotherapy, intersect in a powerful way at a time when both are struggling to survive life-threatening diseases.
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Bronxwood by Coe BoothNow that Tyrell's father is out of jail and has plans of his own--whether Tyrell likes them or not--Tyrell sees trouble ahead and isn't sure how to deal with it or if he can prevent it at all.
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City of Angels by Kristi BelcaminoAfter her mother dies, Nikki and fellow homeless girl, Rain, find a home in a residential hotel above a seedy bar in Los Angeles, and when Rain goes missing, Nikki must navigate the dangerous city to find her.
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Forgive me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew QuickA dramatic day in the life of a suicidal teen follows his efforts to say good-bye to the four people who matter most to him before carrying out a murder-suicide plan involving his former best friend, a process that slowly reveals his secrets and the impossible choices that must be made.
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Girl in Pieces by Kathleen GlasgowAs she struggles to recover and survive, seventeen-year-old homeless Charlotte "Charlie" Davis cuts herself to dull the pain of abandonment and abuse.
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Girls Like Us by Gail GilesGraduating from their school's special education program, Quincy and Biddy are placed together in their first independent apartment and discover unexpected things they have in common in the face of past challenges and a harrowing trauma.
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History Is All You Left Me by Adam SilveraHaving lost his first boyfriend in a terrible accident, Griffin, a youth with OCD, forges a friendship with his lost love's ex-boyfriend, Jackson, who exhibits suspicious signs of guilt.
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I Felt a Funeral, In My Brain by Will WaltonFor most of his young life Avery has dealt with his alcoholic mother with the help of his grandfather Pal--he immerses himself in poetry and popular music, and now that high school is over for the summer, he makes out with his best friend Luca (who understands about alcoholic mothers), but the death of his grandfather creates a hole in his life that he can not seem to crawl out of.
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The Infinite Pieces Of Us by Rebekah CraneEsther Ainsworth, a mathematics whiz who has been exiled to a small New Mexico community by her father to erase a big secret from her past, struggles to forget her first love and make friends with people who will accept her.
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More Than We Can Tell by Brigid KemmererWhen Rev Fletcher and Emma Blue meet, they both long to share secrets, his of being abused by his birth father, hers of her parents' failing marriage and an online troll who truly frightens her.
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My Life as a Rhombus by Varian JohnsonWhen the classmate she is tutoring in trigonometry admits she is pregnant, high school junior Rhonda must finally come to terms with the abortion her father insisted she undergo three years earlier and examine how it has changed her life.
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The Music Of What Happens by Bill KonigsbergWhen Maximo and Jordan find themselves attracted to one another while working the food truck that belonged to Jordan's deceased father, their relationship is threatened by personal secrets, racism, and homophobia.
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Our Year of Maybe by Rachel Lynn SolomonAspiring choreographer Sophie Orenstein, eighteen, wonders if seventeen-year-old Peter Rosenthal-Porter, gifted pianist, best friend, and secret crush, will love her back after receiving her kidney.
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Rosie Girl by Julie ShepardForced to live with her dysfunctional stepfamily after her father's death, 17-year-old Rosie, desperate to escape, resolves to find her birth mother while keeping the secret about her best friend's work as a prostitute, a situation that is further complicated by a romance, creepy texts from one of her friend's clients and a profound secret.
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Watch Us Rise by Renée WatsonFed up with gender imbalances at their progressive NYC high school, two friends start a women’s rights club and post poems, essays and videos online until their work goes viral, compelling the principal to shut them down.
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Wild Bird by Wendelin Van DraanenWhen her behavior escalates out of control, fourteen-year-old Wren is taken away to a wilderness therapy camp where she is forced to develop new skills, including the courage to ask for help.
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Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett KrosoczkaA powerful graphic memoir by the award-winning author of Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute traces the author's unconventional coming of age with a drug-addict mother, an absent father and two lovingly opinionated grandparents.
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Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko TamakiUpset about her on-again, off-again relationship with her girlfriend Laura Dean, Freddy Riley depends on her friends, a local mystic, and a relationship columnist for help in dealing with her situation.
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Lighter Than My Shadow by Katie GreenA 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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Project You: More Than 50 Ways to Calm Down, De-stress, & Feel Great! by Aubre AndrusWritten with insights from a mindfulness educator, a guide to navigating stress and living a life of healthy balance counsels middle-grade readers on such techniques as making protein smoothies for busy mornings, writing in a journal, practicing yoga, scheduling priorities and developing a sleep-supporting nighttime routine.
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Tweak: (Growing up onMethamphetamines) by Nic SheffIn this brutally honest memoir, the author details his immersion in a world of hardcore drugs, revealing the mental and physical depths of addiction, and the violent relapse one summer in California that forever changed his life, leading him down the road to recovery.
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