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Teen Reads: Mental Health Awareness Month 2023
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Chiara in the dark
by Maya Chhabra
"Chiara is gliding through her senior year with ease, with a great babysitting job, a loyal best friend, a loving Indian-Italian immigrant family, and a shot at the summer ice-skating camp of her dreams. Then, out of nowhere, she starts having violent and unwanted thoughts and obsessions. The thoughts won't leave Chiara alone, making her wonder if she's a bad, violent person. Chiara decides to get help through therapy, but the idea of talking about her disturbing thoughts out loud is unthinkable. As Chiara opens up to therapy, she sees a glimmer of hope that she can have her life back. But her dark thoughts lie just beneath the surface, threatening to take it all away"
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Scout's honor
by Lily Anderson
Born into a family of hunters sworn to protect humans from interdimensional parasites, 16-year-old Prudence Perry, a former legacy Ladybird Scout, falls back into the fold when her town is hit with a mysterious wave of demons. 40,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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We weren't looking to be found by Stephanie KuehnRooming together in a treatment facility in Georgia, self-destructive teens Dani and Camila find a mysterious music box filled with letters from a former resident and work together to find out who she was and who she's become. 35,000 first printing.
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Breathing underwater
by Sarah Elisabeth Allen
During a road trip, thirteen-year-old Olivia, a budding photographer, tries to recreate a Treasure Hunt she once shared with her sixteen-year-old sister, Ruth, while watching for signs that Ruth's depression is back
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How it feels to float
by Helena Fox
A deeply hopeful novel about love, loss and living with intergenerational mental illness follows the experiences of a teen who manages to just get by while hiding her father's deteriorating condition and exploring first romantic encounters, before an unavoidable event threatens to unravel her world. Simultaneous eBook.
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When the Stars Lead to You
by Ronni Davis
A brokenhearted high school senior resigns herself to a lonely year before the reappearance of her ex reveals the prejudice and mental illness that ended their summer romance.
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Darius the Great is not okay
by Adib Khorram
Clinically-depressed Darius Kellner, a high school sophomore, travels to Iran to meet his grandparents, but it is their next-door neighbor, Sohrab, who changes his life
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This might get awkward
by Kara McDowell
Rescuing her long-time crush, Beau Booker, from the water, 17-year-old Gemma, with Beau in a coma, is mistaken for his girlfriend and, pulled into his warm, boisterous family's orbit, wants to keep them in her life despite everything being built on a lie. Simultaneous eBook.
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Mirror to mirror
by Rajani LaRocca
Unable to find their rhythm, once-close twin sisters Maya and Chaya make a bet: they'll switch places at summer camp and whoever can keep the ruse going the longest will get to make a life-changing decision, which isn't as easy as it sounds. 35,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Tune it out
by Jamie Sumner
"Twelve-year-old Lou Montgomery's life has been centered on her mother's terrifying plan to make her a singing star, but a crisis reveals Lou's sensory processing disorder and people determined to help her address it"--Provided by publisher
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For a muse of fire
by Heidi Heilig
Posing as a shadow puppeteer to hide her forbidden paranormal abilities, Jetta teams up with a young smuggler in the face of astonishing revelations and a brewing rebellion. By the author of The Girl From Everywhere. 40,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook
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Icebreaker
by A. L. Graziadei
Vying for the NHL league's top draft spot, 17-year-old Mickey James and teammate Jaysen Caulfield find their rivalry turning into something more, forcing them both to decide what they really want and what they are willing to risk for it. 40,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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