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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
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
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
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
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
Evidence-based practice with socially and emotionally troubled children and adolescents Evidence-based practice with socially and emotionally troubled children and adolescents Morley D. Glicken The author, a professional social worker and professor at the Arizona State University West Department of Social Work, expresses his concern for the increasing number of children being diagnosed and … OL16948377W
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
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
The unlikely hero of room 13 B The unlikely hero of room 13 B Teresa Toten "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, n… OL19998004W
The world without us The world without us Robin Stevenson Mel is tormented by thoughts that she may be responsible for her best friend's suicide attempt. OL20895555W
Been clever forever Been clever forever Bruce Stone A brilliant sixteen-year-old oddball, having trouble adjusting to his conventional high school, clashes with an emotionally disturbed teacher and comes upon some important truths about life and his p… OL2421814W
Khiêu vũ chênh vênh Khiêu vũ chênh vênh Han Nolan A young girl from a dysfunctional family creates for herself an alternative world which nearly results in her death but which ultimately leads her to reality. OL24834563W
On the Jellicoe Road On the Jellicoe Road Melina Marchetta Abandoned by her drug-addicted mother at the age of eleven, high school student Taylor Markham struggles with her identity and family history at a boarding school in Australia. OL4031814W
The killer's cousin The killer's cousin Nancy Werlin After being acquitted of murder, seventeen-year-old David goes to stay with relatives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he finds himself forced to face his past as he learns more about his strange y… OL48007W
The body of Christopher Creed The body of Christopher Creed Carol Plum-Ucci Torey Adams, a high school junior with a seemingly perfect life, struggles with doubts and questions surrounding the mysterious disappearance of the class outcast. OL482970W
Kissing the rain Kissing the rain Kevin Brooks Fifteen-year-old Moo Nelson, shy, overweight, and bullied by his classmates, finds his life spinning out of control after he witnesses a car chase and a fight that results in a murder. OL5824032W