Teen Mental Health
We observe Mental Health Awareness Month in May, so here is a selection of novels and toolkits. (Created April 2022)
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The New David Espinoza
Believing he is weak, and tired of being bullied, David turns to steroids to boost his muscles and his self-image, but the results are not what he hoped for.
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Home Home
When Kayla suffers a depression so major she is hospitalized, her emotionally distant mother sends her from her "home home" in Trinidad to Canada to live with her aunt and her partner, two people who provide more help than Kayla realized she needed.
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The Place Between Breaths
Ever since her mother left her and her father when she was diagnosed with schizophrenia, Grace has focused her attention on discovering the source and the cure, but what will she do when she believes she is exhibiting symptoms of schizophrenia herself?
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The Self-compassionate Teen
NONFICTION. Learn three major tools to help you when you are feeling down and unworthy.
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Black Girl Unlimited
To deal with the fact that most of her family is addicted to one thing or another, Echo believes she is a wizard developing healing powers.
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A Heart in A Body in the World
Feeling guilty and scared for her role in an act of violence, Annabelle decides to run from Seattle to Washington, D.C., to change her world.
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A Breath Too Late
After suffering abuse and domestic violence for years, Ellie's depression and despair lead her to suicide.
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Yolk
Jayne has been estranged from her sister June for years, developing an eating disorder to cope, but June's cancer diagnosis may help them both to heal.
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Your Life, your Way
NONFICTION. For teens needing help managing emotions and building social and emotional skills, this book provides step-by-step instructions and numerous self-help tools.
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Little & Lion
When Suzette and her brother Lionel fall in love with the same girl, Lionel's bipolar disorder becomes unmanageable.
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