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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
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
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
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
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
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
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
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