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The Orange Houses The Orange Houses Paul Griffin Meet Tamika Sykes - Mik to her friends (if she had any). She's hearing impaired and way too smart for her West Bronx high school. She copes by reading lips and selling homework answers, and looks for… OL12375447W
Border crossing Border crossing Jessica Lee Anderson Manz, a troubled fifteen-year-old, ruminates over his Mexican father's death, his mother's drinking, and his stillborn stepbrother until the voices he hears in his head take over and he cannot tell r… OL13691533W
Bleeding Violet Bleeding Violet Dia Reeves A mentally ill sixteen-year-old girl reunites with her estranged mother in an East Texas town that is haunted with doors to dimensions of the dead and protected by demon hunters called Mortmaine. OL13783803W
Ash Ash Lisa Rowe Fraustino Eighteen-year-old Ash's change of behavior and its disruptive effects on his family are recounted by younger brother Wes. OL14864710W
Inside out Inside out Terry Trueman A sixteen-year-old with schizophrenia is caught up in the events surrounding an attempted robbery by two other teens who eventually hold him hostage. OL14950685W
Framed in fire Framed in fire David Patneaude When his stepfather conspires to keep thirteen-year-old Peter at a mental institution, Peter begins to piece together secrets about his past with the help of his younger brother's strangely prophetic… OL15025423W
Crazy music Crazy music Han Nolan Fourteen-year-old Sonny struggles to keep his family together in the face of his mother's disappearance and his father's declining mental condition. OL15128704W
A blue so dark A blue so dark Holly Schindler As Missouri fifteen-year-old Aura struggles alone to cope with the increasingly severe symptoms of her mother's schizophrenia, she wishes only for a normal life, but fears that her artistic ability a… OL15408807W
So B. It So B. It Sarah Weeks You couldn't really tell about Mama's brain just from looking at her, but it was obvious as soon as she spoke. She had a high voice, like a little girl's, and she only knew 23 words. I know this for … OL15845203W
Nobel genes Nobel genes Rune Michaels A boy whose manic-depressive mother has always told him that his father won a Nobel Prize, spends his time taking care of her and searching for clues to the identity of the Nobel Prize-winning sperm … OL15895299W
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 vanishing game The vanishing game Kate Kae Myers Seventeen-year-old Jocelyn follows clues apparently from her dead twin, Jack, in and around Seale House, the terrifying foster home where they once lived, and with help from childhood friend Noah she… OL15991355W
Shift Shift Em Bailey Olive, having recently suffered mental problems, is unsure whether to trust her instincts when a new student, rumored to have killed her parents, develops a parasitic relationship with Olive's former… OL16239531W
Every You, Every Me Every You, Every Me David Levithan,Jonathan Farmer In this high school-set psychological tale, a tormented teen named Evan starts to discover a series of unnerving photographs—some of which feature him. Someone is stalking him . . . messing with him … OL16358704W
Chopsticks Chopsticks Jessica Anthony After her mother died, Glory retreated into herself and her music. Her single father raised her as a piano prodigy, with a rigid schedule and the goal of playing sold-out shows across the globe. Now,… OL16482912W
My beautiful failure My beautiful failure Janet Ruth Young "While dealing with the recovery of his mentally ill father, sophomore in high school Billy volunteers at a suicide prevention line and falls for one of the incoming callers"-- OL16636856W
Stay Where You are and Then Leave Stay Where You are and Then Leave John Boyne Four years after Alfie Summerfield's father left London to become a soldier in World War I he has not returned but Alfie, now nine, is shining shoes at King's Cross Station when he happens to learn t… OL16814595W
Asylum Asylum Madeleine Roux "Three teens at a summer program for gifted students uncover shocking secets in the sanatorium-turned-dorm where they're staying--secrets that link them all to the asylum's dark past"-- OL17703588W
King of the pygmies King of the pygmies Jonathon Scott Fuqua After hearing what he believes are other peoples' thoughts and learning that he may have schizophrenia, high school sophomore Penn has to decide whether to accept the diagnosis. OL17752214W
The Freak Observer The Freak Observer Blythe Woolston Suffering from a crippling case of post-traumatic stress disorder, sixteen-year-old Loa Lindgren tries to use her problem solving skills, sharpened in physics and computer programming, to cure hersel… OL17781585W
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