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John Corey Whaley
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Highly Illogical Behaviour
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If you're drawn to character-driven stories, "Highly Illogical Behaviour" gently unfolds the complexities of mental health through a heartfelt friendship. Whaley's vibrant and realistic portrayal of his characters makes for a read that's both enlightening and emotionally resonant. This book manages to tackle serious issues with a lightness that offers hope and understanding.
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Augusten Burroughs
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Running with Scissors : A Memoir
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Running with Scissors is a gritty, yet darkly humorous memoir that explores the unorthodox upbringing of author Augusten Burroughs, including his time living with a mentally unstable mother and her equally unstable psychiatrist. While the subject matter may not be for everyone, those who enjoy reading about unique, gritty, and occasionally bizarre upbringings will likely appreciate this book.
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Sung Yim
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What About the Rest of Your Life
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Sung Yim's "What About the Rest of Your Life" is a must-read for those seeking a raw and unapologetic portrayal of trauma, addiction, and recovery from an immigrant perspective. Yim's unique lens offers a new perspective on the recovery narrative, exploring the blurred lines between love and abuse with haunting precision.
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Augusten Burroughs
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Running With Scissors
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If you're someone who appreciates a memoir that mines the humor and absurdity out of a dysfunctional childhood, Augusten Burroughs' "Running With Scissors" is for you. This book doesn't just recount a unique upbringing—it revels in its quirky, often disturbing, yet somehow resilient narratives that could only be born from real life. The balance of atrocious and amusing makes it a compelling read for anyone fascinated by the strange ways we survive our pasts.
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Rowan Blanchard
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Still Here
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Recommendation: "Still Here" provides a unique, unedited perspective into the inner world of a teenager, presented through poetry, art, journal entries, and snapshots. Written by Rowan Blanchard, it offers a relatable voice for young adults navigating their own journey of self-discovery. The book captures the essence of teenage life in a poignant and engaging manner, making it a highly recommended read for anyone seeking insight into the teenage experience.
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Sam Lansky
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The Gilded Razor : A Book Club Recommendation!
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Recommendation: The Gilded Razor is a candid and insightful memoir about a young man's struggle with addiction, sexuality, and identity. Lansky's exquisite writing style and self-awareness make the book a compelling read for anyone looking to understand the complexities of addiction and the journey to recovery.
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Courtney Peppernell
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Andrews
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Pillow Thoughts
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Make a cup of tea and let yourself feel.Pillow Thoughts is a collection of poetry and prose about heartbreak, love, and raw emotions. It is divided into sections to read when you feel you need them most.
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Augusten Burroughs
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Running With Scissors
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Running with Scissors is a must-read for anyone interested in memoirs that document dysfunctional families. This twisted and funny book tells the true story of the author's childhood, where he was raised by his mother's psychiatrist with bizarre family members, patients, and even a sinister man in the garden shed. Burroughs tells his story with humor and wit, and it's a book that will make you laugh and cringe at the same time.
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Courtney Peppernell
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Pillow Thoughts IV: Stitching the Soul
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If you've been looking for a gentle nudge towards healing and self-reflection, "Pillow Thoughts IV: Stitching the Soul" is your companion in prose. It's like a tender conversation with a wise friend who understands the threads of your inner fabric. You'll find solace in Courtney Peppernell's soothing words as you stitch your soul back together, sip by sip of that warm tea. It's a heartfelt embrace in book form, guiding you towards a place of better peace and solace.
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Augusten Burroughs
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Atlantic
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Running With Scissors
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This is the story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of grandeur) gave him away to be raised by her psychiatrist, a dead ringer for Santa Claus and a certifiable lunatic into the bargain. Suddenly at the age of 12, Augusten found himself living in a dilapidated Victorian house in perfect squalor. The doctor's biza
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Augusten Burroughs
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Hachette
Australia
Running With Scissors
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In this unforgettable memoir Augusten Burroughs recounts the bizarre events of his childhood. After his parents’ divorce, his mother, a delusional poet, left him in the care of her psychiatrist, a man who might have benefited from a little therapy himself. Suddenly, at age twelve, Augusten found himself living in a dilapidated Victorian mansion with the doctor’s bizarre family and a few patients. In the psychiatrist’s house, there are no rules, only chaos. The Christmas tree stayed up until summer, Valium was eaten like Pez and, if things got dull, there was always the vintage electroshock-therapy machine under the stairs. Running with Scissors is a true story, compelling and maniacally funny. Above all, it chronicles an ordinary boy’s survival under the most extraordinary circumstances.
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Courtney Peppernell
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Andrews
Mcmeel
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Pillow Thoughts II: Healing the Heart
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Pillow Thoughts II would be a good read for anyone who has gone through a heartbreak and is looking for comfort and inspiration. The collection of poems captures the essence of the healing journey, and Peppernell's words have a way of soothing even the deepest wounds. Users have praised the book for its raw emotions and relatable themes, making it a must-read for anyone looking to heal their heart and find hope for the future.
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Adam Silvera
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Simon
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History Is All You Left Me : The much-loved hit from the author of No.1 bestselling blockbuster THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END!
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Griffin has lost his first love in a drowning accident. Theo was his best friend, his ex-boyfriend and the one he believed he would end up with. Now, reeling from grief and worsening OCD, Griffin turns to an unexpected person for help. Theo's new boyfriend.But as their relationship becomes increasingly complicated, dangerous truths begin to surface. Griffin must make a choice: confront the past, or miss out on his future.
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Shaun David Hutchinson
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We are the Ants
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"We Are the Ants" is a fresh take on the typical coming-of-age narrative, mixing the challenges of teenage life with an outlandish sci-fi premise. If you're grappling with life's meaning or just enjoy a blend of dry wit with profound musings, Henry's story will resonate with you. His journey isn't just about making a cosmic decision—it's about understanding human connections and what makes life worth treasuring, despite its flaws.
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This book is a poignant and raw exploration of love, loss, and the complex emotions that come with grief and mental illness. It offers a unique perspective on the aftermath of losing someone, and the struggle to let go of the past. Readers who enjoy YA contemporary fiction and want to delve deeper into topics like mental health and LGBTQ+ representation would find this book a must-read. The most unique feature of this book is its honest portrayal of the protagonist's internal struggles and the different ways people cope with loss.
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Adib Khorram
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Darius the Great Is Not Okay
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Darius doesn't think he'll ever be enough, in America or in Iran.Darius Kellner speaks better Klingon than Farsi, and he knows more about Hobbit social cues than Persian ones. He's about to take his first-ever trip to Iran, and it's pretty overwhelming—especially when he's also dealing with clinical depression, a disapproving dad, and a chronically anemic social life. In Iran, he gets to know his ailing but still formidable grandfather, his loving grandmother, and the rest of his mom's family for the first time. And he meets Sohrab, the boy next door who changes everything.Sohrab makes sure people speak English so Darius can understand what's going on. He gets Darius an Iranian National Football Team jersey that makes him feel like a True Persian for the first time. And he understands that sometimes, best friends don't have to talk. Darius has never had a true friend before, but now he's spending his days with Sohrab playing soccer, eating rosewater ice cream, and sitting together for hours in their special place, a rooftop overlooking the Yazdi skyline.Sohrab calls him Darioush—the original Persian version of his name—and Darius has never felt more like himself than he does now that he's Darioush to Sohrab. When it's time to go home to America, he'll have to find a way to be Darioush on his own.
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"More Happy Than Not" is a heart-wrenching but powerful book that explores the struggles of grief and identity. The unique feature of this book is the Leteo Institute that offers memory-alteration procedures, which adds a sci-fi element to the emotional narrative. It's a great read for those who enjoy thought-provoking stories about love, loss, and self-discovery.
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Adam Silvera
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Soho
Teen
History Is All You Left Me
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If you've ever felt the profound weight of loss or grappled with the complexities of mental health, "History Is All You Left Me" is a book that might speak directly to your heart. It's insightful in its exploration of grief and the human tendency to cling to the past. Reading it feels like you're not alone in your darkest moments, and there's a raw honesty in its pages that can be both cathartic and healing. You'll come away with a deeper understanding of love, loss, and the importance of moving forward.
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Becky Albertalli
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The Upside of Unrequited
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Seventeen-year-old Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love—she’s lived through it twenty-six times. She crushes hard and crushes often, but always in secret. Because no matter how many times her twin sister, Cassie, tells her to woman up, Molly can’t stomach the idea of rejection. So she’s careful. Fat girls always have to be careful.Then a cute new girl enters Cassie’s orbit, and for the first time ever, Molly’s cynical twin is a lovesick mess. Meanwhile, Molly’s totally not dying of loneliness—except for the part where she is. Luckily, Cassie’s new girlfriend comes with a cute hipster-boy sidekick. Will is funny and flirtatious and just might be perfect crush material. Maybe more than crush material. And if Molly can win him over, she’ll get her first kiss and she’ll get her twin back. There’s only one problem: Molly’s coworker Reid. He’s an awkward Tolkien superfan with a season pass to the Ren Faire, and there’s absolutely no way Molly could fall for him. Right?
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Helena Fox
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Penguin
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How It Feels to Float
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"How It Feels to Float" is an intimate journey into the raw and real experiences of coping with grief and mental illness. Helena Fox eloquently portrays Biz’s story in a way that's as harrowing as it is illuminating, refusing to shy away from the complexities of Biz's emotions and relationships. If you've ever felt detached or adrift amidst personal turmoil, this book might just anchor you with its truthful and heartfelt exploration of life's turbulent seas.
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Kate Scelsa
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Macmillan
Children's
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Fans of the Impossible Life
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Mira is starting over at Saint Francis Prep. She promised her parents she would at least try to pretend that she could act like a functioning human this time, not a girl who can’t get out of bed for days on end, who only feels awake when she’s with Sebby.Jeremy is the painfully shy art nerd at Saint Francis who’s been in self-imposed isolation after an incident that ruined his last year of school. When he sees Sebby for the first time across the school lawn, it’s as if he’s been expecting this blond, lanky boy with mischief glinting in his eye.Sebby, Mira’s gay best friend, is a boy who seems to carry sunlight around with him. Even as life in his foster home starts to take its toll, Sebby and Mira together craft a world of magic rituals and impromptu road trips, designed to fix the broken parts of their lives.As Jeremy finds himself drawn into Sebby and Mira’s world, he begins to understand the secrets that they hide in order to protect themselves, to keep each other safe from those who don’t understand their quest to live for the impossible.
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From the author of The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley comes a brand-new novel about a teenage boy who must decide whether or not the world is worth saving.Henry Denton has spent years being periodically abducted by aliens. Then the aliens give him an ultimatum: The world will end in 144 days, and all Henry has to do to stop it is push a big red button.Only he isn’t sure he wants to.After all, life hasn’t been great for Henry. His mom is a struggling waitress held together by a thin layer of cigarette smoke. His brother is a jobless dropout who just knocked someone up. His grandmother is slowly losing herself to Alzheimer’s. And Henry is still dealing with the grief of his boyfriend’s suicide last year.Wiping the slate clean sounds like a pretty good choice to him.But Henry is a scientist first, and facing the question thoroughly and logically, he begins to look for pros and cons: in the bully who is his perpetual one-night stand, in the best friend who betrayed him, in the brilliant and mysterious boy who walked into the wrong class. Weighing the pain and the joy that surrounds him, Henry is left with the ultimate choice: push the button and save the planet and everyone on it…or let the world—and his pain—be destroyed forever.
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Nina LaCour delivers another emotional knockout with Watch Over Me, the eagerly anticipated follow-up to the Printz Award-winning We Are Okay.Mila is used to being alone. Maybe that’s why she said yes to the opportunity: living in this remote place, among the flowers and the fog and the crash of waves far below.But she hadn’t known about the ghosts.Newly graduated from high school, Mila has aged out of the foster care system. So when she’s offered a job and a place to stay at a farm on an isolated part of the Northern California Coast, she immediately accepts. Maybe she will finally find a new home, a real home. The farm is a refuge, but also haunted by the past traumas its young residents have come to escape. And Mila’s own terrible memories are starting to rise to the surface.Watch Over Me is another stunner from Printz Award-Winning author Nina LaCour, whose empathetic, lyrical prose is at the heart of this modern ghost story of resilience and rebirth.
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If you're drawn to stories that delve into the darker side of teenage psyche, "My Loose Thread" might resonate with you. It's a raw and candid exploration of a young man's struggle with his identity and morality, made even more compelling by the stark, unflinching writing style Dennis Cooper is known for. This book doesn't shy away from discomfort; instead, it challenges you to peer into the void with its protagonist.
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Angelo Surmelis
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The Dangerous Art Of Blending In
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~Lambda Literary Award finalist for the best LGBT YA novel of 2018~ A raw, powerful, but ultimately uplifting debut novel perfect for fans of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe from debut author Angelo Surmelis. Seventeen-year-old Evan Panos doesn’t know where he fits in. His strict immigrant Greek mother refuses to see him as anything but a disappointment. His quiet, workaholic father is a staunch believer in avoiding any kind of conflict. And his best friend, Henry, has somehow become distractingly attractive over the summer. Tired, isolated, scared—Evan finds that his only escape is to draw in an abandoned monastery that feels as lonely as he is. And yes, he kissed one guy over the summer. But it’s Henry who’s now proving to be irresistible. Henry, who suddenly seems interested in being more than friends. And it’s Henry who makes him believe that he deserves more than his mother’s harsh words and terrifying abuse. But as things with Henry heat up, and his mother’s abuse escalates, Evan has to decide how to find his voice in a world where he has survived so long by being silent. This is a powerful and revelatory coming-of-age novel based on the author’s own childhood, about a boy who learns to step into his light.
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Adib Khorram
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Dial
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Darius the Great Deserves Better
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In this companion to the award-winning Darius the Great Is Not Okay, Darius suddenly has it all: a boyfriend, an internship, a spot on the soccer team. It’s everything he’s ever wanted–but what if he deserves better?Darius Kellner is having a bit of a year. Since his trip to Iran this past spring, a lot has changed. He’s getting along with his dad, and his best friend Sohrab is only a Skype call away. Between his first boyfriend, Landon, his varsity soccer practices, and his internship at his favorite tea shop, Darius is feeling pretty okay. Like he finally knows what it means to be Darius Kellner.Then, of course, everything changes. Darius’s grandmothers are in town for a long visit while his dad is gone on business, and Darius isn’t sure whether they even like him. The internship isn’t what Darius thought it would be, and now he doesn’t know about turning tea into his career. He was sure he liked Landon, but when he starts hanging out with Chip–soccer teammate and best friend of Trent Bolger, epic bully–well, he’s just not so sure about Landon anymore, either.Darius thought he knew exactly who he was and what he wanted, but maybe he was wrong. Maybe he deserves better.
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This book is not meant to trivialize mental illness or hospitalization, but to provide an honest perspective on what it could be like. Suicide Notes has a compelling voice, particularly for teenagers dealing with the complexities of life. It handles the topic with both light and dark humor which is makes for a refreshing read.
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Clementine von Radics
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Mouthful of Forevers
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Mouthful of Forevers can be a good read for someone who enjoys contemporary poetry that speaks directly to the sensibilities of young adults. Clementine's work is raw and honest, with a voice that many can relate to. Her poem, after which the book is named, has a huge following online and her fans engage very deeply with her work. She writes about love, loss, and the uncertainties and beauties of life. Her poetry is accessible and can be enjoyed by both poetry lovers and those who are new to the genre.
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