Juvenile & Young Adult / Social Situations / Social Issues / Depression & Mental Illness

I Will Save You

by Matt De La Pena

Kidd is running from his past and his future. No mom, no dad, and there’s nothing for him at the group home but therapy. He doesn’t belong at the beach where he works either, unless he finds a reason to...

Shrink: A Journey Through Anorexia - A Novel

by Heather Morrall

Starting Year 11 is bad enough, what with all the exams and end of year party. But Eloise has to deal with the now. The appointment. Sixteen year old Eloise Meehan, who has an eating disorder, begins a journey...

Tighter

by Adele Griffin

When 17-year-old Jamie arrives on the idyllic New England island of Little Bly to work as a summer au pair, she is stunned to learn of the horror that precedes her. Seeking the truth surrounding a young couple's...

The Opposite of Music

by Janet Ruth Young

when i am well

i will take you

At first Billy's father just seemed distant, as if he had something on his mind. Then he stopped listening to music, saying it hurt his ears. After a while he stopped eating and...

Glimpse

by Carol Lynch Williams

Twelve-year-old Hope’s life is turned upside down when her older sister, Lizzie, becomes an elective mute and is institutionalized after trying to kill herself.

Hope and Lizzie have relied on each other from...

The Namesake

by Steven Parlato & Jacquelyn Mitchard

Gifted artist? Standout student? All his teachers are sure certain that Evan Galloway can be the graduate who brings glory to small, ordinary St. Sebastian's School. As for Evan, however, he can't be bothered...

Record Breaker

by Robin Stevenson

In 1963, cataclysmic world events threaten to overwhelm Jack as his family tries to deal with the death of his baby sister.

Badd

by Tim Tharp

Ceejay has never been pretty or popular, but she knows who she is: she's younger sister to Bobby, the most charming bad boy in town. Bobby's a bit wild, but with his big heart and sense of fun, everybody loves...

Fat Angie

by e. E. Charlton-Trujillo

Her sister was captured in Iraq, she's the resident laughingstock at school, and her therapist tells her to count instead of eat. Can a daring new girl in her life really change anything? Angie is broken - by...

The Ruining

by Anna Collomore

Annie Phillips is thrilled to leave her past behind and begin a shiny new life on Belvedere Island, as a nanny for the picture-perfect Cohen family. In no time at all, she falls in love with the Cohens, especially...

Diary of a Witness

by Catherine Ryan Hyde

One day, something’s going to snap. . . .

Ernie doesn't have a lot of friends at school. Just Will. They have stuff in common—like fishing. But more important, they have common enemies: the school jocks,...

Ben, His Helmet and the Teacher Switch

by Nelle Frances

(9-12 yrs) recounts the tale of how Ben copes with a Substitute Teacher and introduces the concept of Social Stories™. This book also includes a range of puzzle pages. "Ben overhears some news that sets his...

Ben, His Helmet and Bees in Your Bonnet

by Nelle Frances

(9-12 yrs) is about school Sports Day and the Asperger child. The book also includes a range of puzzle pages that children love to solve. "Ben is confused! Mr. Pellum thinks he has a 'bee in his bonnet' but...

Ben, His Helmet and Hats Off

by Nelle Frances

(5-9 yrs) is about Ben attending Assembly/Parade and the sensory minefield this can be for children with Asperger's Syndrome. Once again his helmet comes to the rescue. "... he found he heard a lot more at this...

Ben, His Helmet and the Crashing Cymbals

by Nelle Frances

(5-9 yrs) tells the story of Ben going to a music lesson, being overloaded from the noise, and successfully finding a way to overcome this challenging situation. "... when the cymbals crashed, Ben got a fright!...

Ben, His Helmet and the Too Tight Hair

by Nelle Frances

(5-9 yrs) introduces Ben's character and his magic helmet. We get to know Ben, and the way he interprets his world. "Ben knows it used to belong to aliens, because Mum said 'What's that alien-looking object...

The Namesake

by Steven Parlato & Jacquelyn Mitchard

Gifted artist? Standout student? All his teachers are sure certain that Evan Galloway can be the graduate who brings glory to small, ordinary St. Sebastian's School. As for Evan, however, he can't be bothered...

Have a Nice Day

Anna Bloom #2

by Julie Halpern

Anna Bloom has just come home from a three-week stay in a mental hospital. She feels...okay. It's time to get back to some sort of normal life, whatever that means. She has to go back to school, where teachers...

My Beautiful Failure

by Janet Ruth Young

A haunting account of a teen boy who volunteers at a suicide hotline and falls for a troubled caller.

Billy is a sophomore in high school, and twice a week, he volunteers at Listeners, a suicide hotline.

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Things I Shouldn't Think

by Janet Ruth Young

Everyone has disturbing thoughts sometimes. But for seventeen-year-old Dani Solomon, strange thoughts have taken over her life. She loves Alex, the little boy she babysits, more than anything. Then one day she...