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Midget Midget Tim Bowler Left under his older brother's care when his mother dies in childbirth, Midget, a physically challenged boy, is viciously abused by his brother throughout his first fifteen years, and Midget's only f… OL11890W
Hate list Hate list Jennifer Brown Five months ago, Valerie Leftman's boyfriend, Nick, opened fire on their school cafeteria. Shot trying to stop him, Valerie inadvertently saved the life of a classmate, but was implicated in the sho… OL13683596W
Gimme an H, gimme an E, gimme an L, gimme a P Gimme an H, gimme an E, gimme an L, gimme a P Frank Bonham A high school boy tries to help a beautiful, suicidal cheerleader whose emotional disturbances become increasingly more evident. OL15105798W
Compulsion Compulsion Heidi Ayarbe Poised to lead his high school soccer team to its third straight state championship, seventeen-year-old star player Jake Martin struggles to keep hidden his nearly debilitating obsessive-compulsive d… OL15537857W
Walk softly, Rachel Walk softly, Rachel Kate Banks When fourteen-year-old Rachel reads the journal of her brother, who died when she was seven, she learns secrets that help her understand her parents and herself. OL155936W
Sean Griswold's head Sean Griswold's head Lindsey Leavitt After discovering that her father has multiple sclerosis, fifteen-year-old Payton begins counselling sessions at school, which lead her to become interested in a boy in her biology class, have a fall… OL15631950W
Overkill Overkill Alane Ferguson Seventeen-year-old Lacey is seeing a therapist to help her cope with her problems at school and with her lawyer sister, but she needs even more help when she is charged with the murder of a friend. OL15856298W
Ultraviolet (Ultraviolet, #1) Ultraviolet (Ultraviolet, #1) R. J. Anderson *Once upon a time there was a girl who was special. This is not her story. Unless you count the part where I killed her.* Sixteen-year-old Alison has been sectioned in a mental institute for tee… OL15916312W
Holding on to Zoe Holding on to Zoe George Ella Lyon After sixteen-year-old Jules loses her boyfriend she experiences complications from the pregnancy that drove him away and suddenly, some of the people closest to her are behaving as if her baby is no… OL15946521W
Getting somewhere Getting somewhere Beth Neff Four teenaged girls participating in a progressive juvenile detention facility on a farm have their lives changed by the experience. OL15946575W
Tighter Tighter Adele Griffin Based on Henry James's "The Turn of the Screw," tells the story of Jamie Atkinson's summer spent as a nanny in a small Rhode Island beach town, where she begins to fear that the estate may be haunted… OL15988126W
The girls of No Return The girls of No Return Erin Saldin A troubled sixteen-year-old girl attending a wilderness school in the Idaho mountains must finally face the consequences of her complicated friendships with two of the other girls at the school. OL16167320W
The children and the wolves The children and the wolves Adam Rapp Abducted by teen genius Bounce and her drifter friends Wiggins and Orange, three-year-old Frog seems content to eat cereal and play a video game about wolves all day--a game that parallels the realit… OL16317837W
This is not forgiveness This is not forgiveness Celia Rees In England, a beautiful, manipulative teenaged girl affiliated with a group of political anarchists seduces both seventeen-year-old Jamie and his older brother, a wounded veteran of the war in Afghan… OL16564079W
The dead I know The dead I know Scot Gardner Aaron Rowe walks in his sleep. He has dreams he can't explain, and memories he can't recover. Death doesn't scare him - his new job with a funeral director may even be his salvation. But if he doesn'… OL16656562W
The Way I Used To Be The Way I Used To Be Amber Smith New York Times bestseller! In the tradition of Speak, Amber Smith's extraordinary debut novel “is a heart-twisting, but ultimately hopeful, exploration of how pain can lead to strength” (The Boston G… OL17356805W
Trouble Trouble Non Pratt "When Aaron willingly signs on to be the pretend father of Hannah's unborn baby, he is looking for redemption from a past that has a stranglehold on him. Hannah, more simply, needs support in the abs… OL17695468W
Rush Rush Jonathan Friesen A pariah in his town and home for the results of his risk-taking behavior, eighteen-year-old Jake seeks adrenaline rushes to clear his dark thoughts, but when Salome, the girl he loves, gets caught u… OL17705530W
Paint me a monster Paint me a monster Janie Baskin Rinnie relates a childhood marked by privilege but also abuse, which steadily increases after her parents' divorce and remarriages, emotionally crippling Rinnie until a school counselor helps her beg… OL17778803W
A really awesome mess A really awesome mess Trish Cook An angry girl and a depressed boy, both sixteen, are sent to a therapeutic boarding school. OL17868207W
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