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• Anger Is a Gift

  Oshiro, Mark

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  Struggling with panic attacks and grief over his father's death, high school junior Moss, in the face of a racist school administration, decides to organize a protest that escalates into violence.

• Breathe and Count Back From Ten

  Sylvester, Natalia

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  Veronica, a Peruvian-American teen with hip dysplasia, auditions to become a mermaid at a Central Florida theme park in the summer before her senior year

• Chronically Dolores

  Van Wagenen, Maya

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  Dolores Mendoza is not thriving. She was recently diagnosed with a chronic bladder condition called interstitial cystitis. The painful disease isn't life-threatening, but it is threatening to ruin her life.

• Cursed

  Silverstein, Karol Ruth

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  Depicts young teen Ricky Bloom's struggles with her recent chronic illness diagnosis, which comes amid family upheaval and challenges at school.

• (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 a label like that gets attached to your everyday experiences?

• A Face for Picasso

  Coming of Age With Crouzon Syndrome

  Henley, Ariel, 1991-

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  At only eight months old, identical twin sisters Ariel and Zan were diagnosed with Crouzon syndrome--a rare condition where the bones in the head fuse prematurely. They were the first twins known to survive it.

• Forever Is Now

  Lockington, Mariama

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  When 16-year-old Sadie, a Black bisexual recluse, develops agoraphobia the summer before her junior year, she relies on her best friend, family, and therapist to overcome her fears.

• Girls Like Us

  Giles, Gail

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  Graduating from their school's special education program, Quincy and Biddy are placed together in their first independent apartment and discover unexpected things they have in common.

• Hurt Go Happy

  Rorby, Ginny

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  When 13-year-old Joey Willis, deaf since the age of six, meets Dr. Charles Mansell and his chimpanzee Sukari, who use sign language, her world blooms with possibilities, but that of the chimp begins to narrow.

• Light Enough to Float

  Seal, Lauren

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  Follows teenage Evie through her eating disorder treatment and recovery.

• A Mango-shaped Space

  Mass, Wendy, 1967-

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  Afraid that she is crazy, 13-year-old Mia, who sees a special color with every letter, number, and sound, keeps this a secret until she becomes overwhelmed by school, changing relationships, and the death of her beloved cat, Mango.

• Marcelo in the Real World

  Stork, Francisco X.

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  Marcelo Sandoval, a 17-year-old boy on the high-functioning end of the autistic spectrum, faces new challenges, including romance and injustice, when he goes to work for his father in the mailroom of a corporate law firm.

• On the Bright Side

  Sortino, Anna

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  When 18-year-old Ellie's Deaf boarding school shuts down, she attends a public high school where she struggles to adjust, but finds an ally in Jackson, a soccer player going through a disability diagnosis of his own.

• Rose Under Fire

  Wein, Elizabeth

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  Young American pilot Rose Justice is captured by Nazis and sent to Ravensbruck, the notorious women's concentration camp.

• The Running Dream

  Van Draanen, Wendelin

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  When a school bus accident leaves 16-year-old Jessica an amputee, she returns to school with a prosthetic limb, and her track team finds a way to help rekindle her dream of running again.

• The Silence Between Us

  Gervais, Alison

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  When Maya is forced to attend a hearing school, she sets out to prove that her lack of hearing won't stop her from chasing her dreams.

• Somebody Please Tell Me Who I Am

  Mazer, Harry

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  Wounded in Iraq while his Army unit is on convoy and treated for many months for traumatic brain injury, the first person Ben remembers from his earlier life is his brother who has autism.

• This Is My Brain in Love

  Gregorio, I. W., 1976-

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  Rising high school juniors Jocelyn Wu and Will Domenici fall in love while trying to save the Wu family restaurant, A-Plus Chinese Garden.

• Tilly in Technicolor

  Eddings, Mazey

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  When 18-year-old Tilly goes to London to intern for her sister's company, she begins to unmask her ADHD and connects with Oliver, another neurodivergent intern.

• The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B

  Toten, Teresa, 1955-

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  Adam not only is trying to understand his OCD, while trying to balance his relationship with his divorced parents, but he's also trying to navigate through the issues that teenagers normally face, namely the perils of young love.