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50 Must-Read YA Books About Mental Illness (Plus a Few More) - Page 2

"Find below a list of 50 (er, 55!) must-read YA books about mental health. These books traverse all aspects of mental health and mental illness, and they're both fiction and nonfiction. There are books about addiction, eating disorders, depression, schizophrenia, and more, as experienced by the teen main characters. Also included are books where the teen main character lives with or is close to someone who struggles with their mental health. This, too, is a reality of teen life today."
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The Spectacular Now (Tim Tharp)
The Spectacular Now
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Tim Tharp
Starfish (Akemi Dawn Bowman)
Starfish
42
Akemi Dawn Bowman
This Is Not a Test (Courtney Summers)
This Is Not a Test
43
Courtney Summers
A Tragic Kind of Wonderful (Eric Lindstrom)
A Tragic Kind of Wonderful
44
Eric Lindstrom
Trick of the Light (Lois Metzger)
Trick of the Light
45
Lois Metzger
Turtles All the Way Down (John Green)
Turtles All the Way Down
46
John Green
Tweak (Nic Sheff)
Tweak
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Twelve Steps to Normal (Farrah Penn)
Twelve Steps to Normal
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Under Rose-Tainted Skies (Louise Gornall)
Under Rose-Tainted Skies
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Louise Gornall
Underwater (Marisa Reichardt)
Underwater
50
Marisa Reichardt
The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B (Teresa Toten)
The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B
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Teresa Toten
We Are the Ants (Shaun David Hutchinson)
We Are the Ants
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Shaun David Hutchinson
When Reason Breaks (Cindy L. Rodriguez)
When Reason Breaks
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Cindy L. Rodriguez
When We Collided (Emery Lord)
When We Collided
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Wild Awake (Hilary T. Smith)
Wild Awake
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Hilary T. Smith
Wintergirls (Laurie Halse Anderson)
Wintergirls
56
Laurie Halse Anderson
A World Without You (Beth Revis)
A World Without You
57
Beth Revis
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