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Mental Health Awareness Month: Teen Reads
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This is My Brain in Love
by I. W. Gregorio
A dual-narrative romance that explores themes of mental health and self-acceptance follows the experiences of a teen filmmaker and an aspiring school paper editor who work together to upgrade and promote a struggling Chinese restaurant. By the author of None of the Above. 35,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Highly Illogical Behavior
by John Corey Whaley
An agoraphobic teen who has not left his house for three years is sought out by an ambitious girl determined to get into a top-tier psychology program by treating him and earning a scholarship, a plan that is challenged by their growing bond. Simultaneous eBook.
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A Breath Too Late
by Rocky Callen
Caught between life and death in the wake of a suicide attempt, a 17-year-old girl struggles with fractured memories to understand her desperate mother, brooding father and kindhearted artist friend. A first novel. 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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The astonishing color of after
by Emily X. R. Pan
A teen grieving the loss of her mother travels to Taiwan to meet her maternal grandparents for the first time and search for her mother's spirit while uncovering tragic family secrets and struggling to reconcile the truth about how her mother's life really ended. A first novel.
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History is All You Left Me
by Adam Silvera
Secrets are revealed as OCD-afflicted Griffin grieves for his first love, Theo, who died in a drowning accident
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Challenger Deep
by Neal Shusterman
A brilliant but troubled high school student pretends to engage in sports activities and uses his artistic talents to document his voyage to the world's most southern point while his friends observe his increasingly unbalanced behavior. National Book Award and Golden Kite Award Winner.
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The New David Espinoza
by Fred Aceves
Obsessed with the idea that he is not muscular enough and tired of being bullied, David, age seventeen, begins using steroids, endangering his relationships with family and friends
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Heads Up : Changing Minds on Mental Health
by Melanie Siebert
Discusses the factors that affect mental health, historical and modern types of treatment, and mental illnesses, describes how different teens have dealt with mental health issues, and suggests ways to handle mental problems
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Imperfect : A Story of Body Image
by Dounya Awada
A graphic memoir recounts the author's struggle with body dysmorphic disorder that began at the age of six with finding love in food when others were cruel and turned into the cycle of bingeing and purging at age fifteen
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