Dopesick by Walter Dean Myers. Dreamland by Sarah Dessen. I Was a ... Last
Night I Sang to the Monster by Benjamin. Alire Sáenz. My Brother's Keeper by ...
Written in the Margins Chicago Public Library Books for At-Risk Teens Revised and Expanded for the October 2009 Teen Volume Conference Because of whom they are or what they believe, the teens in these books find themselves pushed off to the edges. For more book titles, check out our website at chicagopubliclibrary.org or ask your friendly, neighborhood librarian.
Special Challenges - ADHD, Abused Teens, Reactive Attachment Disorder, Cutting, Runaways and Poverty Fiction: 33 Snowfish by Adam Rapp Ballads of Suburbia by Stephaine Kuehnert Begging For Change by Sharon G. Flake Blue Mirror by Kathe Koja Bluford series by Townsend Press Brian series by Gary Paulsen Carter Finally Gets It by Brent Crawford A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon Cut by Patricia McCormick Dark Dude by Oscar Hijuelos Dopesick by Walter Dean Myers Dreamland by Sarah Dessen I Was a Teenage Fairy by Francesca Block Joey Pigza series by Jack Gantos Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott Looking for Alaska and Paper Towns by John Green Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher Permalink Reply Rx by Tracy Lynn Suckerpunch by David Hernandez Surrender by Sonya Harnett Tales of the Madmen Underground by John Barnes Touching Snow by M. Sindy Felin Valiant by Holly Black Willow by Julia Hoban Non-Fiction: Does Everyone Have ADHD?: A Teen's Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment by Christine Petersen Owning It: Stories about Teens with Disabilities, Don Gallo, ed.
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Getting Physical - Eating Disorders, Steroids, Transgender, GLBTQ, Disability or Illness and Addiction… (Fiction) Eating Disorders Skin by Adrienne Maria Vrettos Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Transgender Luna by Julie Anne Peters Parrotfish by Ellen Wittlinger
Steroids Boost by Kathy Mackel Crackback by John Coy Gym Candy by Carl Deuker
Other GLBTQ Titles Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden Between Mom and Jo by Julie Anne Peters Boy Girl Boy by Ron Koertge Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan Far from Xanadu by Julie Anne Peters Full Spectrum edited by David Levithan and Billy Merrell Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters M or F? by Lisa Papademetriou Swimming in the Monsoon Sea by Shyam Selvadurai Tale of Two Summers by Brian Sloan Talk by Kathe Koja What If Someone I Know Is Gay?: Answers to Questions about What It Means to Be Gay and Lesbian (Revised, Updated) by Eric Marcus Wide Awake by David Levithan
Disability or Illness Accidents of Nature by Harriet McBryde Johnson The Beat Goes On by Adele Minchin Birdwing by Rafe Martin Cruise Control by Terry Trueman Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick Fade to Black by Alex Flinn Firegirl by Tony Abbott Side Effects by Amy Goldman Koss
Addiction - Alcohol, Drugs and Smoking After the Wreck by Joyce Carol Oates Black Rabbit Summer by Kevin Brooks Candy by Kevin Brooks Crank and Glass by Ellen Hopkins Dope Sick by Walter Dean Myers Go Ask Alice by Anonymous Last Night I Sang to the Monster by Benjamin Alire Sáenz My Brother's Keeper by Patricia McCormick Smack by Melvin Burgess St. Iggy by K.L. Going Suckerpunch by David Hernandez Under the Wolf Under the Dog by Adam Rapp
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Delinquency, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder, Anger Management ... Fiction: Angry Management and Deadline by Chris Crutcher Lockdown: Escape from Furnace by Alexander Smith Monster and Shooter by Walter Dean Myers Right Behind You by Gail Giles Upstate by Kalisha Buchanon Non-Fiction: Life in Prison by Stanley "Tookie" Williams No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row by Susan Kuklin They Broke the Law: You Be the Judge by Thomas Jacobs
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