Suicide

A Long Way Down

A former talk-show host, a musician, a teenage girl, and a mother, each intending to commit suicide, find themselves together on the roof of a London building and begin to contemplate their individual

fiction, Humorous fiction, London (England), New Year, Psychological fiction

Aimee

Mary Beth Miller

Even though Zoe is acquitted, it seems that everyone, even her own parents, believe that Zoe helped her best friend, Aimee, commit suicide.

Child abuse, Emotional problems, Family problems, fiction, Friendship

Fat Kid Rules the World

Kelly Going

Seventeen-year-old Troy, depressed, suicidal, and weighing nearly three hundred pounds, gets a new perspective on life when Curt, a semi-homeless teen who is a genius on guitar, asks Troy to be the dr

Diaries, Drug abuse, fiction, Interpersonal relations, Musicians

Chinese Handcuffs

Chris Crutcher

Still troubled by his older brother's violent suicide, eighteen-year-old Dillon becomes deeply involved in the terrible secret of his friend Jennifer, who feels she can tell no one what her stepfather

Brothers and sisters, Child abuse, fiction, Suicide

Kamikazes

Earle Rice

Examines the events and personalities that were instrumental in Japan's adoption of kamikazi, or suicide, missions in the later stages of World War II.

Aerial operations, Japanese, Campaigns, Japan, Kamikaze Tokubetsu Kogekitai, Pacific Area

Teen Suicide

Hayley R. Mitchell

This book examines some of the causes of suicidal behavior in teenagers, including mental health issues and outside pressures, and discusses prevention efforts and help for survivors.

Prevention, Suicide

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Remembering the Good Times

Richard Peck

Trav, Kate, and Buck make up a trio during their freshman year in high school, but their friendship may not be enough to save Trav as he pressures himself to succeed.

fiction, Friendship, Suicide

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