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• How It Feels to Float

  Fox, Helena

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  Biz knows how to float. She has her people, her posse, her mom and the twins. She has Grace. And she has her dad, who tells her about the little kid she was, who loves her so hard, and who shouldn't be here but is. So Biz doesn't tell anyone…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Turtles All the Way Down

  Green, John, 1977-

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  Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there's a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together they navigate…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All the Other Days

  Hartley, Jack (Novelist)

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  Drawing is not just Judd's biggest passion; it's how he escapes when his parents are fighting. In high school, his artistic talents get him praise, but at home they're his means of survival. Then one day, it happens. Love, exactly like in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Rest of Us Just Live Here

  Ness, Patrick, 1971-

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  Award-winning writer Patrick Ness's bold and irreverent novel powerfully asks what if you weren't the Chosen One? The one who's supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever this new thing is, with the blue lights and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Tragic Kind of Wonderful

  Lindstrom, Eric, 1965-

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  For sixteen-year-old Mel Hannigan, bipolar disorder makes life unpredictable. Her latest struggle is balancing her growing feelings in a new relationship with her instinct to keep everyone at arm’s length. And when a former friend confronts Mel with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Don't Want to Be Crazy

  a Memoir

  Schutz, Samantha

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  A harrowing, remarkable poetry memoir about one girl's struggle with anxiety disorder. This is a true story of growing up, breaking down, and coming to grips with a psychological disorder. When Samantha Schutz first left home for college, she was…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• It's All in Your Head

  Earl, Rae

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  What I hope you take away from this book: good Mexican food deserves to go viral; good underwear never features the word 'string'; good mental health is the single most important thing you need to live a happy life. This is a book to break down…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Million Pieces of Neena Gill

  Smith-Barton, Emma

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  How can I hold myself together, when everything around me is falling apart? Neena's always been a good girl - great grades, parent-approved friends and absolutely no boyfriends. But ever since her brother Akash left her, she's been slowly falling…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Darius the Great Is Not Okay

  Khorram, Adib

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  Darius doesn't think he'll ever be enough, in America or in Iran. Darius Kellner speaks better Klingon than Farsi, and he knows more about Hobbit social cues than Persian ones. He's about to take his first-ever trip to Iran, and it's pretty…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Patron Saints of Nothing

  Ribay, Randy

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  A powerful coming-of-age story about grief, guilt, and the risks a Filipino-American teenager takes to uncover the truth about his cousin's murder. Jay Reguero plans to spend the last semester of his senior year playing video games before heading to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Life Inside My Mind

  31 Authors Share Their Personal Struggles

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  Thirty-one young adult authors share their own struggles with mental illness, ranging from such topics as neurodiversity and addiction, to OCD and PTSD.

• The Weight of Our Sky

  Hanna Alkaf

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  A music-loving teen with OCD does everything she can to find her way back to her mother during the historic race riots in 1969 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in this heart-pounding literary debut. Melati Ahmad looks like your typical moviegoing,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Every Last Word

  Stone, Tamara Ireland

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  Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of the popular girls in her junior class. But hidden beneath the straightened hair and expertly applied makeup is a secret that her friends would never understand: Sam has Purely-Obsessional OCD and is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Words on Bathroom Walls

  Walton, Julia, 1986-

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  Adam has just been diagnosed with schizophrenia. He sees and hears people who aren’t there: Rebecca, a beautiful girl who understands him; the Mob Boss, who harasses him; and Jason, the naked guy who’s unfailingly polite. It should be easy to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• (Don't) Call Me Crazy

  33 Voices Start the Conversation About Mental Health

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  Who’s Crazy? What does it mean to be crazy? Is using the word crazy offensive? What happens when such a label gets attached to your everyday experiences? In order to understand mental health, we need to talk openly about it. Because there’s no…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Boxer

  Shukla, Nikesh

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  Told over the course of the ten rounds of his first fight, this is the story of amateur boxer Sunny. A seventeen-year-old feeling isolated and disconnected in the city he's just moved to, Sunny joins a boxing club to learn to protect himself after a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mind Your Head

  Dawson, Juno

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  We all have a mind, so we all need to take care of our mental health as much as we need to take care of our physical health. And the first step is being able to talk about our mental health. Juno Dawson leads the way with this frank, factual and…Read moreRead more of this annotation