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• (Don't) Call Me Crazy

  33 Voices Start the Conversation About Mental Health

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  Anthology of work from various contributors to help those suffering from mental health conditions start talking about what they're dealing with.

• The Greatest Thing

  Searle, Sarah Winifred

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  Winifred's two best friends move away before the start of 10th grade, and her anxiety and depression make it hard for her to make new friends, however, with the help and patience of others, she begins to heal.

• The Half Orphan's Handbook

  Smith, Joan F., 1985-

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  Lila's mother sends her and her brother to grief summer camp after her father commits suicide to help process the anger and sadness they feel at his loss.

• Highly Illogical Behavior

  Whaley, John Corey

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  Lisa befriends agoraphobic Solomon so that she can "cure" him and use that to write a college essay to get into a prestigious school, however neither of them expected the friendship to develop into something as deep as it did, but can it last when…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kind of Sort of Fine

  Hall, Spencer

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  After a very public melt-down at the end of her junior year, caused from the academic load and pressure she put on herself, Hayley swaps tennis for an easy elective that forces her to take a step back and live a little.

• The Memory of Light

  Stork, Francisco X.

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  Vicky wakes up to find herself in a psychiatric ward after a failed suicide attempt. She agrees to stay for two weeks, even though she doesn't think it will help, but, after opening up, she realizes life is worth living after all.

• The New David Espinoza

  Aceves, Fred

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  David, who suffers from body dysmorphia, has always been a skinny guy, but, after an incident with a bully goes viral, he decides to finally change all that by joining a gym, which leads to the use of steroids, thus endangering all the important…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sunrise Nights

  Zentner, Jeff

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  Jude loves photography, and he's good at it, too. Between his parents' divorce and his anxiety, being behind a camera is the only time his mind is quiet. Florence is confronting the premature end of her dance career as a degenerative eye disease…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Is Me Trying

  Marie, Racquel

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  Growing up, Bryce, Beatriz, and Santiago were inseparable, but after the dissolution of their friendship and Bryce's suicide, Beatriz and Santiago attempt to reconcile and navigate love, mental illness, and forgiveness.

• Turtles All the Way Down

  Green, John, 1977-

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  Aza suffers from invasive thought compulsions and anxieties that make navigating life hard, but, with the help of old and new friends, she starts to learn how to cope.

• The Weight of Our Sky

  Hanna Alkaf

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  Set during the 1969 race riots in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16-year-old Melati is thrust in the middle of the conflict when she tries to find her missing mother. What doesn't help is that she suffers from OCD, and the stress of her situation forces…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Words We Keep

  Stewart, Erin, 1982-

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  Lily's sister Alice is home early from treatment for self-injury, and so Lily is determined to make everything "perfect" again, which means ignoring the growing anxieties she's feeling herself. But with the help of a new friend and a school project,…Read moreRead more of this annotation