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1) Teardrop
Author
Series
Teardrop trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Since Eureka's mother drowned, she wishes she were dead too, but after discovering that an ancient book is more than a story Eureka begins to believe that Ander is right about her being involved in strange things--and in grave danger.
Author
Series
Darius the Great volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
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.
5) Just Breathe
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
From the critically acclaimed author of Say What You Will and A Step Toward Falling comes a deeply emotional new novel, perfect for fans of Five Feet Apart and The Fault in Our Stars. David Scheinman is the popular president of his senior class, battling cystic fibrosis. Jamie Turner is a quiet sophomore, struggling with depression. The pair soon realizes that they're able to be more themselves with each other than they can be with anyone else, and...
6) Madness
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Released from an inpatient facility after treatment for a suicide attempt, Brooke gradually begins to see hope in her life and meets Derek, a fellow suicide survivor, but as she falls for him, she realizes that Derek may not be in the same mental space she is.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"17-year-old Morgan is a black teen triumphantly figuring out her identity when her conservative town deems depression as a lack of faith, and blackness as something to be politely ignored"--
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Channeling their own experiences, sixteen exceptional authors subvert mental health stereotypes in a powerful and uplifting collection of fiction. A teen activist wrestles with protest-related anxiety and PTSD. A socially anxious vampire learns he has to save his town by (gulp) working with people. As part of her teshuvah, a girl writes letters to the ex-boyfriend she still loves, revealing that her struggle with angry outbursts is related to PMDD....
9) Icebreaker
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Mickey James III is following in his father's (and grandfather's) skates by playing hockey at Hartland University, but he is not enjoying the situation: for one thing he is seriously depressed, unsure of anything, even whether he can make it as a hockey player (or wants to); more troubling his rival, Jaysen Caulfield, is also on the team and seems to bitterly resent him--and Mickey actually finds Jaysen very attractive and does not know how to deal...
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Ocean Wu moves to New York City to start college, but she defers her enrollment, keeping it a secret from her immigrant mother, and instead uses the time to deal with her ambivalence about her place in the world.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
High school senior Rainbow is trapped with three other teens in a game-like world that may or may not be real, in this darkly comic novel about identity, giving up, and finding the way home.
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
When Victoria Cruz wakes up in the psychiatric ward of a Texas hospital after her failed suicide attempt, she still has no desire to live, but as the weeks pass, and she meets Dr. Desai and three of the other patients, she begins to reflect on the reasons why she feels like a loser compared with the rest of her family, and to see a path ahead where she can make a life of her own.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
When Delilah, her mother, and her aunt spend the summer in Vermont settling Delilah's estranged grandmother's estate, long-held family secrets are painfully brought to light and Delilah finally learns some difficult truths about her family's past.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A bold and original YA graphic novel about battling your inner doubts and fears-and finding your genius Sometimes, the world is too much for Mona Starr. She's sweet, geeky, and creative, but it's hard for her to make friends and connect with other people. She's like a lot of sensitive teenagers-but in the hands of graphic novelist Laura Lee Gulledge, Mona's struggle with depression takes on a vivid, concrete form. Mona calls it her Matter. The Matter...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Sixteen-year-old Biz sees her father every day, though he died when she was seven, but when Biz's almost-normal life turns upside-down and her father disappears again, she tumbles into a disaster-land of grief and depression from which she must find her way back"--
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
After committing suicide just before high school graduation, Ellie Walker haunts her home and school, reflecting on her life of domestic violence, friendship with August, and dreams of a writing career. Includes list of resources for people in crisis.
The day after Ellie dies by suicide, she finds herself in the midst of an out-of-body experience. She sways between past and present, retracing the events that unfolded prior to her death. There's her...
18) The bridge
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Aaron and Tillie do not know each other, but they both feel suicidal and arrive at the George Washington Bridge at the same time, intending to jump. Includes resources about suicide prevention and suicide prevention for LGBTQIA+ youth.
Aaron is a gay misfit struggling with depression and loneliness. Tillie isn't sure what her problem is, only that she will never be good enough. They arrive at the George Washington Bridge at the same time. There are...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The author shares her struggles with self-esteem, drug addiction, and depression; and describes how she admitted herself to a mental institution after she put her fist through a window.
Series
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Saku is an ordinary young woman who works long hours and lives alone with her cat, Yukichi. Yukichi, however, is not an ordinary house cat. For one, the temperamental feline towers over Saku and walks around on two legs. Instead of playing with toy mice, he scours supermarket flyers for good deals and keeps the house spotless. With a pet like that, it's hard to tell who's taking care of who!"-- provided by publisher.
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