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Every Last Word

Tamara Ireland Stone · 400 pages

Consumed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries that she can't turn off, a girl coping with Purely-Obsessional OCD learns to accept herself and take control of her life through her experiences in poetry club.

OCDAnxietyTherapy JourneyYoung Adult
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All the Bright Places

Jennifer Niven · 408 pages

Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him. Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister’s recent death. When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at s

AnxietyDeath of a SiblingTherapy JourneyGrief and Mourning
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The Last Time We Say Goodbye

Cynthia Hand · 390 pages

After her younger brother, Tyler, commits suicide, Lex struggles to work through her grief in the face of a family that has fallen apart, the sudden distance between her and her friends, and memories of Tyler that still feel all too real. After her younger brother, Tyler, commits suicide, Lexie struggles with grief in the face of a family that has fallen apart, the sudden distance between her and

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Turtles All the Way Down

John Green · 304 pages

**SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD AZA NEVER INTENDED** to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there's a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at sake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett's son, Davis. Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter,

OCDAnxietyTherapy JourneyYoung Adult
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Girl Against the Universe

Paula Stokes · 379 pages

Maguire is bad luck. No matter how many charms she buys or good luck rituals she performs, horrible things happen. She spends a lot of time in her room to avoid causing damage. But then she meets Jordy, a talented, lucky, aspiring tennis star. He's convinced he can help Maguire break her unlucky streak; she is convinced the best thing she can do for Jordy is stay away. But it turns out that stayin

AnxietySurvivor's GuiltTherapy JourneyYoung Adult
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Underwater

Marisa Reichardt · 288 pages

Ever since the mass shooting at her California high school, junior Morgan Grant has become increasingly agoraphobic until even the idea of stepping outside her door can bring on a panic attack, a situation not made any easier by the fact that her parents are divorced--but when Evan moves in next door she finds herself attracted to him and begins to find herself longing for the life she has been mi

AnxietyTherapy JourneySurvivor's GuiltYoung Adult
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Dreamland

Sarah Dessen · 256 pages

Rogerson Biscoe, with his green eyes and dark curly hair, is absolutely seductive. Before long, sixteen-year-old Caitlin finds herself under his spell. And when he starts to abuse her, she finds she's in too deep to get herself out...

Death of a SiblingSurvivor's GuiltGrief and MourningYoung Adult
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Wintergirls

Laurie Halse Anderson · 288 pages

*“Dead girl walking,” the boys say in the halls. “Tell us your secret,” the girls whisper, one toilet to another. I am that girl. I am the space between my thighs, daylight shining through. I am the bones they want, wired on a porcelain frame.* Lia and Cassie are best friends, wintergirls frozen in matchstick bodies, competitors in a deadly contest to see who can be the skinniest. But what

AnxietyGrief and MourningTherapy JourneySurvivor's Guilt
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The Summer of Letting Go

Gae Polisner · 336 pages

Four years after her brother Simon drowned while in her charge, Francesca, now fifteen, begins to move on after a summer caring for Frankie, who seems to be Simon reincarnated, and getting closer to her best friend's boyfriend. Fifteen-year-old Francesca blames herself for the death of her brother, Simon, but she begins to move on after a summer of caring for Frankie, who seems to be Simon reinca

Death of a SiblingSurvivor's GuiltGrief and MourningYoung Adult
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If I Stay

Gayle Forman · 272 pages

*Just listen, Adam says with a voice that sounds like shrapnel. I open my eyes wide now. I sit up as much as I can. And I listen. Stay, he says.* Choices. Seventeen-year-old Mia is faced with some tough ones: Stay true to her first love—music—even if it means losing her boyfriend and leaving her family and friends behind? Then one February morning Mia goes for a drive with her family, an

Survivor's GuiltDeath of a SiblingGrief and MourningYoung Adult
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The Beginning of After

Jennifer Castle · 425 pages

In the aftermath of a car accident that killed her family, sixteen-year-old Laurel must face a new world of guilt, painful memories, and the possibility of new relationships.

Survivor's GuiltDeath of a SiblingGrief and MourningYoung Adult
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Don't Touch

Rachel M. Wilson · 415 pages

"16-year-old Caddie struggles with OCD, anxiety, and a powerful fear of touching another person's skin, which threatens her dreams of being an actress--until the boy playing Hamlet opposite her Ophelia gives her a reason to overcome her fears."--

OCDAnxietyYoung AdultContemporary Fiction
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Dear Zoe

Philip Beard · 208 pages

Philip Beard’s stunning debut novel is fifteen-year-old Tess DeNunzio’s letter to her sister, Zoe, lost to a hit-and-run driver on a day when it seemed that nothing mattered but the tragedies playing out in New York and Washington. Dear Zoe is a remarkable study of grief, adolescence, and healing with a pitch-perfect narrator who is at once sharp and naive, world- worried and self-centered, funny

Survivor's GuiltDeath of a SiblingGrief and MourningYoung Adult
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Love Letters to the Dead

Ava Dellaira · 327 pages

When Laurel starts writing letters to dead people for a school assignment, she begins to spill about her sister's mysterious death, her mother's departure from the family, her new friends, and her first love.

Survivor's GuiltDeath of a SiblingGrief and MourningYoung Adult
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Lost for Words

Alice Kuipers

Sixteen-year-old Sophie struggles to find normalcy after an incident she chooses not to remember took her sister's life, and by keeping a journal, making a new friend, and seeing a therapist she finally begins to recover.

Death of a SiblingTherapy JourneyGrief and MourningYoung Adult
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Paperweight

Meg Haston · 312 pages

Death of a SiblingSurvivor's GuiltTherapy JourneyYoung Adult
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A Tragic Kind of Wonderful

Eric Lindstrom · 278 pages

"A sixteen-year-old girl living with bipolar disorder learns to balance romance, friendship, and grief"--

Death of a SiblingTherapy JourneyGrief and MourningYoung Adult
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The Butterfly Clues

Kate Ellison · 336 pages

Having experienced compulsive behavior all her life, Lo's symptoms are getting her into trouble when she witnesses a murder while wandering dangerous quarters of Cleveland, Ohio, collecting things that do not belong to her, obsessing about her brother's death.

OCDDeath of a SiblingGrief and MourningYoung Adult
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The Secrets We Keep

Trisha Leaver · 298 pages

"When her identical twin sister Maddy is killed in a car accident, seventeen-year-old Ella assumes Maddy's life, only to discover that it was filled with dark secrets"--

Survivor's GuiltDeath of a SiblingGrief and MourningYoung Adult
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Perfect Escape

Jennifer Brown

Seventeen-year-old Kendra, living in the shadow of her brother's obsessive-compulsive disorder, takes a life-changing road trip with him.

OCDAnxietyYoung AdultContemporary Fiction
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Never Ending

Martyn Bedford · 320 pages

Death of a SiblingSurvivor's GuiltGrief and MourningYoung Adult
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky · 216 pages

Charlie writes letters to an unknown mail recipient, detailing his struggles with high school, family, and finding his place in the world. Full of beautiful quotes and written with such sincerity, this is a book that makes the reader reflect on their purpose in life, while simultaneously reminding us about the power music, friendships, and "feeling infinite" can have on our life. Read this book.

AnxietyTherapy JourneyGrief and MourningYoung Adult
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Silent Alarm

Jennifer Banash

Survivor's GuiltDeath of a SiblingGrief and MourningYoung Adult

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