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The impossible knife of memory
by Laurie Halse Anderson
Enduring a transient existence before starting school in her Iraq War veteran father's hometown, a troubled Hayley Kincaid longs for a normal life and pursues a relationship with a secretive boy before her father's PTSD leads to a disturbing drug problem.
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Cut
by Patricia McCormick
While confined to a mental hospital, thirteen-year-old Callie slowly comes to understand some of the reasons behind her self-mutilation, and gradually starts to get better.
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The last time we say goodbye
by Cynthia Hand
Forced to confront locked-away feelings about her brother's suicide after estranging herself from her friends and family, Lex faces unexpected challenges in her efforts to heal and move on.
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Wintergirls
by Laurie Halse Anderson
Eighteen-year-old Lia feels she is being haunted by Cassie's restless spirit when her best friend dies from anorexia--the same disorder Lia has been struggling with.
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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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The fault in our stars
by John Green
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few more years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis, but when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at the Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten. By the award-winning author of Looking for Alaska.
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Me, him, them, and it
by Caela Carter
Playing the "bad girl" at school to get back at her feuding parents, 16-year-old Evelyn becomes pregnant and faces a difficult decision.
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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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Symptoms of being human
by Jeff Garvin
A gender-fluid teen who identifies as a boy or girl on different days—and whose challenges are complicated by a new school and a conservative politician father—is encouraged by a therapist to write an anonymous blog that goes unexpectedly viral.
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