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Starfish
by Akemi Dawn Bowman
A half-Japanese teen grapples with social anxiety and a narcissistic mother in the wake of a crushing rejection from art school before accepting an invitation to tour other art schools on the West Coast.
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Little & Lion
by Brandy Colbert
Returning home to Los Angeles from her New England boarding school, Suzette considers staying home for good so that she can be near her friends, her crush, and her recently diagnosed bipolar brother, a situation that is complicated by her growing feelings for the girl her brother loves.
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The Last True Poets of the Sea
by Julia Drake
Inspired loosely by Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, teenaged Violet is shipped off to Maine after her brother's hospitalization, where she searches for the lost shipwreck that her great-great grandmother survived and for answers about her family's long struggle with mental illness, all while falling in love.
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How it Feels to Float
by Helena Fox
Biz's world turns from balance to grief and depression when her father, whom she has been seeing since his death when she was seven, suddenly stops appearing to her, and she must find a new normal.
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Lily and Dunkin
by Donna Gephart
Lily Jo McGrother, a transgender girl, and Norbert Dorfman, a boy struggling with bipolar disorder, forge a friendship based on their respective experiences as outsiders trying to fit in.
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This Is My Brain in Love
by I. W. Gregorio
A dual-narrative romance that explores themes of mental health and self-acceptance follows the experiences of a teen filmmaker and an aspiring school paper editor who work together to upgrade and promote a struggling Chinese restaurant.
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Let's Call It a Doomsday
by Katie Henry
Ellis Kimball, sixteen, whose anxiety disorder causes her to prepare for the imminent end of the world, meets Hannah, who claims to know when it will happen.
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How It Feels to Fly
by Kathryn Holmes
An aspiring dancer whose dreams are challenged by body dysmorphia is sent to a treatment camp for teens struggling with mental and emotional obstacles, where she must discuss private feelings with strangers if she wants to attend a crucial ballet intensive later in the summer.
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Darius the Great is Not Okay
by Adib Khorram
Clinically-depressed Darius Kellner, a high school sophomore, travels to Iran to meet his grandparents, but it is their next-door neighbor, Sohrab, who changes his life.
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Finding Audrey
by Sophie Kinsella
Energized by a friendship with her brother's gaming teammate, fourteen-year-old Audrey, a girl with an anxiety disorder, finds their subsequent romance challenging her progress.
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Everything All at Once
by Katrina Leno
When her struggles with anxiety worsen in the aftermath of a family death, Lottie is bequeathed a series of letters from her late aunt, a best-selling author, who leaves instructions to help Lottie overcome her fears and explore her own literary voice.
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Who Put This Song On?
by Morgan Parker
17-year-old Morgan is a Black teen triumphantly figuring out her identity when her conservative town deems depression as a lack of faith, and Blackness as something to be politely ignored.
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Challenger Deep
by Neal Shusterman
As he struggles with schizophrenia, a teenage boy believes he is on a journey to reach the bottom of Challenger Deep, the deepest place on Earth.
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It's Kind of a Funny Story
by Ned Vizzini
An ambitious new student at Manhattan's prestigious Executive Pre-Professional High School, Craig Gilner suddenly discovers that he has become an average kid among a group of brilliant students, a discovery that leads to increasing anxiety and a battle with clinical depression, during which he encounters a motley crew of fellow patients battling their own problems.
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Words on Bathroom Walls
by Julia Walton
Diagnosed with severe schizophrenia that causes him to see and hear people who are not there, Adam begins a drug trial to help him with his hallucinations at the same time he falls in love with an intelligent girl that he wants to prevent from discovering his secret.
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Highly Illogical Behavior
by John Corey Whaley
An agoraphobic teen who has not left his house for three years is sought out by an ambitious girl determined to get into a top-tier psychology program by treating him and earning a scholarship, a plan that is challenged by their growing bond.
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