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Mental illness

It's Kind of a Funny Story

Ned Vizzini

New York City teenager Craig Gilner succumbs to academic and social pressures at an elite high school and enters a psychiatric hospital after attempting suicide.

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Invisible

Pete Hautman

Doug and Andy are unlikely best friends--one a loner obsessed by his model trains, the other a popular student involved in football and theater--who grew up together and share a bond that nothing can

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Where I Want to Be

Adele Griffin

Two teenaged sisters, separated by death but still connected, work through their feelings of loss over the closeness they shared as children that was later destroyed by one's mental illness, and final

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Wild Roses

Deb Caletti

Seventeen-year-old Cassie learns about the good and bad sides of love when she falls for a gifted young musician while living with her mother and brilliant, yet disturbed, violinist stepfather.

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Lisa, Bright and Dark

John Neufeld

When Lisa Shilling's parents and teachers refuse to acknowledge her mental illness, she can only find the help she needs from three of her friends.

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Everything You Need to Know About Bipolar Disorder and Manic Depressive Illness

Michael A. Sommers

Defines bipolar disorder and manic-depressive illness, explains how they effect teenagers, and how they are treated.

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Everything You Need to Know About Schizophrenia

Michelle S. Friedman

Discusses schizophrenia, its diagnosis and treatment, early warning signs, and how it can affect a teen's life.

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Don't Scream

Joan Lowery Nixon

When two new boys come to her school, Jess thinks things are really looking up, but she doesn't know their real identities or if she can trust them.

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A Dance for Three

Louise Plummer

When fifteen-year-old Hannah becomes pregnant and her rich, popular boyfriend claims he is not responsible, she is forced to face some hard facts about her life.

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A Dance for Three

Louise Plummer

Fifteen-year-old Hannah is forced to face some hard facts about her life when she becomes pregnant and her rich, popular boyfriend claims he is not responsible.

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