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All Fall Down
Grace witnessed a horrific event and now is being shipped off overseas to live with her grandfather in the hopes of making Grace forget about the past.
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All the Bright Places
When Finch and Violet met, they were both on the edge. Of a bell tower, that is. Though neither jumps, Finch has to try harder and harder to fight his bipolar disorder, as Violet begins to learn how to live in the present moment.
- Realistic Fiction
- Mental Health: Invisible Wounds
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9780385755917
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Anna Dressed in Blood
Teenaged ghost hunter Cas is investigating a local legend that tells of a vengeful, deadly spirit called Anna Dressed in Blood. Cas believes this hunt will be like any other, until he learns about the circumstances of Anna's death and haunting.
- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Horror: Better Dead than Unread
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9780765328670
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Audacity
Clara Lemlich struggles to overcome the second-rate working conditions in the factories in Manhattan during the turn of the twentieth century. Based on the true story of a determined young woman, Clara paves the way for equal rights for women in the work
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Away Running
Matt, a privileged, white Canadian, and Free, an African-American high school student from Texas, travel to Paris and end up playing American football for the poor, immigrant suburb of Villeneuve.
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Belzhar
Jam Gallahue doesn't see herself ever moving forward after the death of her boyfriend, Reeve. Not knowing what else to do, her parents send her to a boarding school for traumatized teens. Can a journal assignment with a magical twist help her get her life
- Realistic Fiction
- Mental Health: Invisible Wounds
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9780142426296
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Bird Box
Something is out there, one look at it and people become homicidal, suicidal. Malorie, alone and pregnant, joins a band of survivors hoping to make a life in this new reality, but what lengths is she willing to go to not see.
- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Horror: Better Dead than Unread
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9780062259660
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Bloomability
Twelve-year-old Dinnie is “kidnapped” by her aunt and uncle and taken to Switzerland to attend boarding school. Dinnie is finding it difficult to acclimate to her new life, but eventually she is surrounded by friends, family and stability in a place where
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The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible… on Schindler's List
Ten-year-old Leon watched as the Nazis took over his hometown of Krakow. Forced with his family to move to the ghetto, they were ultimately saved – on Schindler's List.
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The Brontë Sisters: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne
Most widely known for their classic 19th century novels Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre, sisters Charlotte and Emily Bronte helped to pioneer the literary industry for women. Reading like a fascinating novel, this biography highlights the romance and tur
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The Carnival at Bray
Moving from Chicago to Ireland hasn't been easy. Maggie particularly misses Uncle Kevin, who shares her love of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana. When tragedy falls, will Maggie's new life help her to survive?
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Challenger Deep
As his alternate reality becomes more and more difficult to distinguish from real life, Caden Bosch is vaguely aware that he is losing his grip. A National Book Award winner based on the true story of Brendan Shusterman and filled with his drawings, Chall
- Realistic Fiction
- Mental Health: Invisible Wounds
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9780061134142
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Complicit
Two years ago, Jamie and Cate Henry's mother was murdered. As the only suspects they were questioned and Jamie's sister taken away to juvenile facility. Now she is out, and Henry fears for his life.
- Realistic Fiction
- Mental Health: Invisible Wounds
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9781250044600
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The Dead House
Two decades ago, a fire destroyed Elmbridge High, killing three students. Another student, Carly, disappears. All that is left is a diary of a girl named Kaitlyn, video footage, psychiatric reports, and police reports. What really happened that fateful ni
- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Horror: Better Dead than Unread
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9780316298674
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Discovering Wes Moore
Wes Moore grew up in poverty, but through his supportive family and discipline learned in military school was able to graduate college and become a Rhodes Scholar. As an adult, he learns of another Wes Moore whose childhood resembled his, but who ended u
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The Distance Between Us: A Memoir
Reyna longs for her family to be reunited after her mother and father leave Mexico for the United States, but when she is finally able to join them, it is not the happy reunion she expects.
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The Diviners
Evie O'Neill can tell your secrets simply by holding an object dear to you and concentrating on it. When the police find a murdered girl branded with a cryptic symbol, Evie's Uncle Will, an occult specialist, is called to the scene. Evie realizes her gift
- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Horror: Better Dead than Unread
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9780316126106
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The Dogs
Cameron and his mom have been running from his psychotic father for years. When they move into a farmhouse in rural Illinois, Cameron starts seeing ghosts, often accompanied by the braying of dogs. As he digs deeper into the mystery surrounding the farmho
- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Horror: Better Dead than Unread
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9781492621010
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Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
James Whitman has a serious affinity for the poet Walt Whitman, and uses poetry to cope with depression (along with help from his imaginary giant therapist-pigeon), all while trying to solve the mystery of why his father kicked his sister out of the house
- Realistic Fiction
- Mental Health: Invisible Wounds
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9780544439535
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Dream a Little Dream
Liv and her sister Mia are uprooted and whisked away to London where they meet their soon to be new step family. Liv attends school with her step brother, Grayson, and meets his friends Arthur, Jasper, and Henry. Things get strange when Liv starts to drea
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Elena Vanishing
Well-written and compelling, this title focuses on several mental illnesses including OCD, in addition to Anorexia. As a memoir, there is a depth and grit only found in personal accounts and does not gloss over how difficult it is to treat this illness.
- Nonfiction
- Mental Health: Invisible Wounds
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9781452152141
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The Enemy
A disease has killed everyone over the age of sixteen and turned them into the living dead. One group of kids decides to cross London to Buckingham Palace to find safety, but the streets are full of hungry zombies.
- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Horror: Better Dead than Unread
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9781484721469
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Finding Audrey
After an incident at school, Audrey avoids human contact by hiding behind dark sunglasses and staying in her house, but therapy, her loving and hilarious family and a boy named Linus help draw her out of hiding.
- Realistic Fiction
- Mental Health: Invisible Wounds
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9780553536539
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The Fire Horse Girl
Jade Moon knows she doesn't fit in as a Chinese girl in 1923 America. However, her zodiac sign is the Fire Horse, which makes her stubborn and creative enough to invent a new life.
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The Forest of Hands and Teeth
You must always mind the fence that surrounds the village. The fence protects the village from the unconsecrated, the undead, in the Forest of Hands and Teeth. Mary has spent her life in the village, but dreams of seeing her mother's favorite place, the o
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The Girl from the Well
Okiku was murdered three hundred years ago. She is the girl from the well. She has spent her afterlife hunting child murderers. She is on the trail of another murderer when she meets Turk, a boy covered in tattoos and an aura of evil.
- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Horror: Better Dead than Unread
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9781492608684
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The Good Braider
When the trauma of civil war in South Sudan becomes unbearable for Viola and her family, they travel across Africa to become refugees and flee to America. Once in the United States, Viola struggles to reconcile her life in America to the life she left beh
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Hotel for the Lost
On the long drive to their grandmother's house, Audrey and her family stop for the night at the beautiful and mysterious Hotel Ruby. They were only supposed to stay for one night, but at the Hotel Ruby, checking out is harder than you think.
- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Horror: Better Dead than Unread
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9781481423014
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I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives
Caitlin and Martin couldn't have been farther apart – she in Pennsylvania, he in Zimbabwe. As pen pals, the mail became magic, and enabled a miracle to happen to them both.
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I Will Save You
After Kidd leaves a group therapy home, he attempts to find his niche working at a campground with a beloved mentor, but his past is never far behind.
- Realistic Fiction
- Mental Health: Invisible Wounds
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9780385738286
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The Immortal Rules
Vampires rule the world and humans are considered nothing more than "blood bags." Allie, a human, is bitten by a rabid vampire and left for dead. The vampire Kanin finds her and as an act of mercy turns her into one of his kind. Now Allie is struggling to
- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Horror: Better Dead than Unread
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9780373210800
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Indigo Notebook
In Ecuador, jet-setting Zeeta meets Wendell, a young man in search of his family roots. Zeeta's desire to settle down and find her own father compels her to help Wendell. While uncovering the mystery surrounding Wendell's family, Zeeta realizes that she m
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It's Kind of a Funny Story
A teenage boy contemplates suicide but instead checks himself into a psychiatric hospital to learn how to cope with his depression. The title is slightly older and there was a movie version but it still stands out as an excellent representation of what de
- Realistic Fiction
- Mental Health: Invisible Wounds
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9780786851973
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Just One Day
Allyson Healey never acts on impulse. Yet, on the last day of her three-week European trip, she meets Willem, who inspires her to be spontaneous. When he asks her to go to Paris with him, this one daring decision transforms Allyson's life.
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The Last Time We Say Goodbye
Many times, the wounds we cannot see are those left after a traumatizing incident, accident, or loss. Showcasing grief at its grittiest, this book explores loss, grief and guilt as an extension of invisible wounds.
- Realistic Fiction
- Mental Health: Invisible Wounds
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9780062318480
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Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina
Life in Motion is a memoir from the first African American principal ballerina at the American Ballet Theater.
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Locke and Key Volume 1: Welcome to Lovecraft
After their husband/father is murdered, a family moves back to the family estate in Maine. The children quickly learn that the house isn't what it seems and that keys don't always open doors.
- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Horror: Better Dead than Unread
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9781600103841
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Long Lankin
Cora and her sister Mimi are sent to live with their eccentric Aunt in a town harboring an unspeakable secret. As the girls begin to unravel the mystery, they discover a creature of nightmares that takes away small children. Will the children find a way t
- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Horror: Better Dead than Unread
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9780763669379
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Lord Loss
Grubbs Grady's life is changed when his family is murdered by demons. He finds himself in a game of life and death with the demon Lord Loss.
- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Horror: Better Dead than Unread
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9780316012331
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Love, Lucy
If Lucy gives up her dream of acting and agrees to major in business, her father will pay for a summer trip to Italy. When she meets a street musician and falls in love, her promise becomes harder and harder to keep.
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The Madman's Daughter
Juliet Moreau rebuilt her life after the scandalous rumors of her father's gruesome experiments came to light. No one could prove anything, and now her father is dead. Or so she thinks. She soon discovers that he has set up his laboratory on a secluded is
- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Horror: Better Dead than Unread
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9780062128034
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The Merciless
Sofia Flores knows she shouldn't have befriended good-girls Riley, Grace, and Alexis on the first day of school. When Sofia finds herself helping the perfect trio "save" Brooklyn, the goth outcast girl in their school, she didn't realize their idea of sal
- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Horror: Better Dead than Unread
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9781595147233
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The Monstrumologist
In 1888, twelve-year-old Will Henry, apprentice-assistant to the Monstrumologist, Dr. Warthrop, recounts his bizarre and horrific encounters with the mythic creatures known as, Anthropophagi, a brutal species that feed on human prey.
- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Horror: Better Dead than Unread
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9781481425445
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More Happy Than Not
A closeted gay teen who previously attempted suicide contemplates having his memory erased after he is rejected by his new best friend.
- Realistic Fiction
- Mental Health: Invisible Wounds
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9781616956776
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The Nest
Steve wants nothing more than to save his sick newborn baby brother and see his parents happy once again. So when the "angels" start to visit him in his dreams, promising to fix the baby, he thinks all his prayers have been answered. All he has to do is s
- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Horror: Better Dead than Unread
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9781481432337
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Nothing Left to Burn
After his brother Matt's tragic death, Reece joins the Lakeshore Volunteer Fire Department. Will following in his brother's footsteps as a Junior Cadet finally earn him some recognition from his father, or will firefighting be one more thing Reece can't d
- Realistic Fiction
- Mental Health: Invisible Wounds
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9781492613299
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The Notorious Pagan Jones
A fateful car accident turns film star Pagan Jones from America's Sweetheart into a notorious bad girl. She gets a chance to leave juvie and restart her career with a new film--with the catch that she has to go to West Berlin to film it.
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Now is the Time for Running
Deo and his brother are forced to flee their village in Zimbabwe after soldiers gun down their family and friends. When they arrive in South Africa, they face new challenges in a hostile environment where refugees are not welcome.
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One Paris Summer
Sophie planned to spend the summer chasing her dreams of being a pianist, but is forced to live with her estranged father and new step-family in Paris. Despite the circumstances, and the schemes of her step sister, she finds herself drawn to the charm and
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
This is a beautiful, inspirational memoir of a young girl growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. She is lucky in that she has parents that support her independence and education; many others are not so lucky.