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Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë The novel is set somewhere in the north of England. Jane's childhood at Gateshead Hall, where she is emotionally and physically abused by her aunt and cousins; her education at Lowood School, where s… OL1095427W
The last April dancers The last April dancers Jean Thesman Sixteen-year-old Cat St. John tries to come to terms with the growing evidence of her father's mental illness and his eventual suicide. OL114057W
In the path of falling objects In the path of falling objects Andrew Smith In 1970, after their older brother is shipped off to Vietnam, sixteen-year-old Jonah and his younger brother Simon leave home to find their father, who is being released from a Arizona prison, but so… OL11921082W
Jerk, California Jerk, California Jonathan Friesen Twitch, Jerk, Freak—Sam Carrier has been called them all. Because of his Tourette's syndrome, Sam is in near constant motion with tics and twitches and verbal outbursts. So, of course, high school is… OL11928993W
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
Intertwined Intertwined Gena Showalter Most sixteen-year-olds have friends. Aden Stone has four human souls inside him: One can time-travel. One can raise the dead. One can tell the future. And one can possess another human.With no family… OL15180943W
A beautiful lie A beautiful lie Irfan Master In the days leading up to the partition of India in 1947, thirteen-year-old Bilal devises an elaborate scheme to keep his dying father from hearing the news about the country's division. OL16518076W
The ruining The ruining Anna Collomore Still feeling guilty over the death of her little sister leaves eighteen-year-old Annie vulnerable when she takes a nanny job in beautiful Marin County, California, and meets her very controlling emp… OL17822294W
The half life of Molly Pierce The half life of Molly Pierce Katrina Leno Molly, a seventeen-year-old girl who suffers from dissociative identity disorder, has played host to Mabel, a completely distinct personality, for most her life. When Molly faces a crisis Mabel doesn… OL17826780W
The meaning of Maggie The meaning of Maggie Megan Jean Sovern Eleven-year-old Maggie Mayfield is an A-plus student with big plans for herself, but at this moment she is also facing a lot of problems--like starting middle school and figuring out how to help her … OL17899697W
Kiss of broken glass Kiss of broken glass Madeleine Kuderick A tale told through evocative verse chronicles a mandatory seventy-two-hour psychiatric evaluation of a teen who has been caught cutting herself in an effort to feel alive. This tale told through fr… OL19985531W
Isaac and his amazing Asperger superpowers! Isaac and his amazing Asperger superpowers! Melanie Walsh Isaac may look like everyone else, but he actually has superpowers that make him different from his brother and his classmates. Some kids don t understand that and call him names. But Isaac s superhe… OL20026664W
Under rose-tainted skies Under rose-tainted skies Louise Gornall Will teenaged Norah, who is struggling with agoraphobia and OCD, accept that she could be the right one for sweet, funny Luke? OL20045212W
Hurricane Season Hurricane Season Nicole Melleby Eleven-year-old Fig enrolls in an art class to better understand her father, a composer and pianist whose mental illness she tries to conceal from classmates, neighbors, and social services. OL20153893W
Am I normal yet? Am I normal yet? Holly Bourne Evie, Amber and Lottie: three girls facing down tough issues with the combined powers of friendship, feminism and cheesy snacks. Both hilarious and heart-rending, this is Evie's no-holds-barred story… OL20828964W
Ultraviolet Ultraviolet R. J. Anderson Sixteen-year-old Alison has been sectioned in a mental institute for teens, having murdered the most popular girl at school. But the case is a mystery: no body has been found, and Alison's condition … OL21181689W
Gulf Gulf Robert Westall Tom Higgins, a British schoolboy during the Persian Gulf War, narrates his younger brother's struggle with an apparent mental illness or "mystery of nature" which drives the child to assume the role … OL2182871W
The Fling The Fling Julian F. Thompson When three high-school friends are invited to live briefly with a wealthy neighbor, their lives are changed by their relationships with a mysterious "gardener." OL546267W
Pictures in the Dark Pictures in the Dark Patricia McCord Twelve-year-old Sarah and her older sister, Carlie, know that their lives are different from those of their peers. When at home, unless summoned by their mother, they are supposed to stay in their at… OL5846996W
Humming whispers Humming whispers Angela Johnson Sophy fears that she will become like her older sister Nicole who has schizophrenia. OL861835W
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