A Trick of the Light
By: Lois Metzger
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Telling a story of a rarely recognized segment of eating disorder sufferers--young men--A Trick of …
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1. The Dangerous Art of Blending In
By: Angelo Surmelis
4.00
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
Seventeen-year-old Evan Panos doesn’t know where he fits in. His strict Greek mother refuses to see… read more
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- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
"The truth is, it's exactly what I want, but I'm so scared of wanting it and even more scared of actually having it."-Angelo Surmelis, The Dangerous Art of Blending In
"Here's the deal about never being authentically loved by your parents: The most fucked-up gesture or morsel of compassion is like a warm blanket."-Angelo Surmelis, The Dangerous Art of Blending In
"Maybe I'm not so ugly after all. Maybe no one is really ugly, and maybe no one has the right to call someone that or tell them that they are. Maybe the only real ugliness is what lives inside some pe…"-Angelo Surmelis, The Dangerous Art of Blending In
"I've squeezed as many bookcases in this tiny space as possible. Being surrounded by books and magazines makes me feel calm. It makes the room seem wrapped in a layer of protection. As if nothing or n…"-Angelo Surmelis, The Dangerous Art of Blending In
2. Be More Chill
By: Ned Vizzini
4.39
Format: None pages, Paperback
Jeremy Heere is your average high school dork. Day after day, he stares at beautiful Christine, the… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
3. A Trick of the Light
By: Lois Metzger
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Telling a story of a rarely recognized segment of eating disorder sufferers--young men--A Trick of … read more
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- realistic fiction
- social work
- young adult
- mental health
- mental illness
- fiction
- contemporary
4. The Lemonade War (The Lemonade War, #1)
By: Jacqueline Davies
3.67
Format: 44 pages, Hardcover
For a full hour, he poured lemonade. The world is a thirsty place, he thought as he nearly emptied … read more
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- fiction
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- young adult
5. The Art of Starving
By: Sam J. Miller
3.99
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
More Happy Than Notmeets Glory O'Brien's History of the Futurein this gritty, contemporary YA debut… read more
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6. Power Play
By: Eric Walters
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
"You' re going to spend some time on the power play, on penalty kill, and start right off as the se… read more
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7. Scars
By: Cheryl Rainfield
4.16
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
Kendra, fifteen, hasn't felt safe since she began to recall devastating memories of childhood sexua… read more
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- young adult
- mental health
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- contemporary
"But of course it couldn't last. Nothing good ever does."-Cheryl Rainfield, Scars
"I know you're upset, I know you're scared, but don't walk away."-Cheryl Rainfield, Scars
"It was easier to ask for forgiveness than it was to get permission."-Cheryl Rainfield, Scars
"You don't deserve the anger you're turning on yourself. Your abuser's the one who does."-Cheryl Rainfield, Scars
8. Elena Vanishing
By: Clare B. Dunkle , Elena Dunkle
3.93
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
Seventeen-year-old Elena is vanishing. Every day means renewed determination, so every day means fe… read more
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9. Nothing
By: Robin Friedman
4.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Sometimes trees can look healthy on the outside, but actually be dying inside. These trees fall un… read more
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10. Sad Perfect
By: Stephanie Elliot
4.05
Format: 224 pages,
The story of a teen girl's struggle with Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder and how love hel… read more
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11. Paperweight
By: Meg Haston
4.17
Format: 267 pages, Hardcover
Seventeen-year-old Stevie is trapped. In her life. And now in an eating-disorder treatment center o… read more
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12. How to Disappear Completely: On Modern Anorexia
By: Kelsey Osgood
3.33
Format: 75 pages, Hardcover
She devoured their memoirs and magazine articles, committing the most salacious details of their ca… read more
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13. Believarexic
By: J.J. Johnson
3.26
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Fifteen-year-old Jennifer has to force her family to admit she needs help for her eating disorder. … read more
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14. Otherworldly
By: F.T. Lukens
3.99
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author of Spell Bound and So This Is Ever After. Seventeen-year-old E… read more
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15. Prom House
By: Chelsea Mueller
2.83
Format: None pages, ebook
What happens when the best night of your life turns into the worst? Full of menace and suspense, th… read more
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16. Different for Boys
By: Patrick Ness
3.82
Format: 104 pages, Hardcover
Friendship, masculinity, sex—Anthony Stevenson has a lot of questions. Is it different for boys who… read more
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"We can't kiss. Because that would make us gay."-Patrick Ness, Different for Boys
"Because nothing I did with Charlie ever once felt like that kiss with Jack."-Patrick Ness, Different for Boys
"You know, the way teenage guys talk about sex, you'd think all of us were having it all the time, nonstop."-Patrick Ness, Different for Boys
"Although doesn't really matter how many time you do it: you think it's going to make your life less lonely, but it never does."-Patrick Ness, Different for Boys
17. The Year I Didn't Eat
By: Samuel Pollen
4.02
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
"Some days are normal. Some days, everything is OK, and I eat three square meals, pretty much, even… read more
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18. Dark Room Etiquette
By: Robin Roe
4.31
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Sixteen-year-old Sayers Wayte has everything—until he's kidnapped by a man who tells him his whole … read more
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19. The Girls at 17 Swann Street
By: Yara Zgheib
3.97
Format: 373 pages, Hardcover
The chocolate went first, then the cheese, the fries, the ice cream. The bread was more difficult, … read more
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"I do not suffer from anorexia, I have anorexia. The two states are not the same. I know my anorexia, I understand it better than the world around me."-Yara Zgheib, The Girls at 17 Swann Street
20. Cross My Heart and Never Lie (Cross My Heart, #1)
By: Nora Dåsnes
4.34
Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition
In this fresh, sensitive, diary-style graphic novel, 12-year-old Tuva's questions about becoming a … read more
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21. Another First Chance
By: Robbie Couch
4.28
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
They Both Die at the End meets You’ve Reached Sam, in this heart-stopping speculative young adult n… read more
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