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If you like... The Fault in our Stars Check out this list for more touching books about teens struggling with mortality, first love, and life's big questions. These books will make you laugh, cry and appreciate life.
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Me and Earl and the dying girl : a novel
by Jesse Andrews
Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.
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Paper towns
by John Green
Having been in love with Margo forever, Quentin is happy to help her with her strange plots and campaigns for revenge, but when she vanishes one evening without a trace, Quentin finds himself delving into clues in order to resolve many unanswered questions.
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The summer I found you
by Jolene B. Perry
Reeling after being dumped and diagnosed with Type-1 diabetes, Kate pursues a platonic relationship with young veteran Aidan, who lost an arm during his tour of Afghanistan, throughout a summer during which the pair realizes that they feel more than friendship for each other.
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OCD, the dude, and me : a novel
by Lauren Roedy Vaughn
In attitude and appearance, Danielle Levine stands out even at her alternative high school, and when her scathing and sometimes raunchy English essays land her in a social skills class, she meets Daniel, another social misfit who may just break her resolve to keep everyone at arm's length.
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If I stay
by Gayle Forman
With no memory of the car accident itself, 17-year-old Mia must come to terms with never really knowing what happened one horrific winter's day that changed her life forever.
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Eleanor & Park
by Rainbow Rowell
A first young adult novel by the author of Attachments follows the year-long, star-crossed romance between two 1980s high school misfits whose intelligence tells them that first loves almost never last but whose feelings prevent them from remaining as practical.
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The F-it list
by Julie Halpern
When the emotional strain of her father's accidental death is exacerbated by her boyfriend's infidelity, Alex refocuses on her family life only to learn that her best friend, Becca, is dying of cancer, a situation that compels Alex to help Becca complete a bucket list.
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Before I fall
by Lauren Oliver
After she dies in a car crash, teenage Samantha Kingston relives the day of her death over and over again until, on the seventh day, she finally discovers a way to save herself.
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The perks of being a wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky
In a thought-provoking coming-of-age novel, Charlie struggles to cope with complex world of high school as he deals with the confusions of sex and love, the temptations of drugs, and the pain of losing a close friend and a favorite aunt. Original.
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The beginning of everything
by Robyn Schneider
In the wake of a tragic accident, former star athlete and prom king Ezra Faulkner finds his life irreparably transformed in ways that cause him to forge an unexpected bond with eccentric newcomer, Cassidy Thorpe.
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Forgive me, Leonard Peacock : a novel
by Matthew Quick
A 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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Ask the passengers : a novel
by A. S. King
Imagining that she is sending love to passengers in airplanes flying overhead, Astrid Jones, a teen from a small town torn by gossip and narrow-mindedness, struggles with her family's dysfunction and hides her secret love for another girl.
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Every day
by David Levithan
Waking up in the body of a different person every day and struggling to pass through each experience without raising alarm, "A" endures a lonely existence before falling in love with a girl named Rhiannon, with whom he endeavors to reunite.
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