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We made it all up / by Harrison, Margot,author.;
Celeste Bergstein moves to a small town in Montana to escape her past, only to become embroiled in her new home town's twisted secrets when the school's star athlete--who is also the subject of Celeste's writings--is found dead at the mouth of a cave.Ages 14 & up.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Novels.; Secrecy; Authorship; Self-destructive behavior; Hazing; Revenge; Secrecy.;
Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 16
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Fig / by Schantz, Sarah Elizabeth.(CARDINAL)408335;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-346).In 1994, Fig looks back on her life and relates her experiences, from age six to nineteen, as she desperately tries to save her mother from schizophrenia while her own mental health and relationships deteriorate.Ages 14 up.890L
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Families; Farm life; Mental illness; Mothers and daughters; Schizophrenia; Schools; Self-destructive behavior;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Prep : a novel / by Sittenfeld, Curtis.(CARDINAL)466881;
Lee Fiora is an intelligent, observant fourteen-year-old when she leaves her family behind in Indiana to attend the prestigious Ault School in Massachusetts. Over the next four years, her experiences at Ault - complicated relationships with teachers, intense friendships with other girls, an all-consuming preoccupation with a classmate who is less than a boyfriend and more than a crush - coalesce into a singular protrait of the universal pains and thrills of adolescence.--Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Teenage girls; Preparatory school students; Self-destructive behavior;
Available copies: 33 / Total copies: 43
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The spectacular now / by Tharp, Tim,1957-(CARDINAL)655555;
In the last months of high school, charismatic eighteen-year-old Sutter Keely lives in the present, staying drunk or high most of the time, but that could change when he starts working to boost the self-confidence of a classmate, Aimee.HL790LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Dating (Social customs); Families; High schools; Schools; Self-destructive behavior; Stepfamilies; Substance abuse;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 12
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A flicker in the clarity / by McNamara, Amy,author.(CARDINAL)400285;
Evie and Emma are inseparable friends. They balance each other-- until Evie makes a flip decision that gets Emma in serious trouble. When Emma freezes Evie out, Evie is full of regret, and-- for the first time in her life-- entirely alone. Until she meets Theo, a boy who offers her a view of the world through a different lens. Just as she lets herself fall for Theo, Emma resurfaces, but her erratic behavior, drunken mishaps, and panicked phone calls leave Evie afraid there's something deeper going on. Can you help someone who doesn't want to be saved?
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Young adult fiction.; Teenage girls; Best friends; Betrayal; Self-destructive behavior; Codependency; First loves;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Brave face : a memoir / by Hutchinson, Shaun David,author.(CARDINAL)498736;
"At nineteen, Hutchinson was struggling to find the vocabulary to understand and accept who he was and how he fit into a community in which he couldn't see himself. Convinced that he couldn't keep going, that he had no future, Hutchinson followed through on trying to make that a reality-- an attempted suicide. Over time, he came to embrace life, and to find self-acceptance. In his deeply honest memoir, he takes readers through the journey of what brought him to the edge, and what has helped him truly believe that it does get better." -- 890LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Young adult literature.; Hutchinson, Shaun David.; Suicidal behavior; Self-destructive behavior.; Bipolar disorder.; Gay people; Homosexuals.;
Available copies: 24 / Total copies: 28
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It will never happen to me : growing up with addiction as youngsters, adolescents, and adults / by Black, Claudia,author.(CARDINAL)754528;
"With her reassuring and informative approach, Claudia Black expertly identifies common issues faced by children who grew up in alcoholic families-shame, neglect, unreasonable role expectations, and physical abuse. Black carefully guides readers in identifying self-defeating, destructive behaviors and finding a healthier, happier way to live"--
Subjects: Children of alcoholics.; Alcoholics; Alcoholism.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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History is all you left me / by Silvera, Adam,1990-author.(CARDINAL)409677;
Even though Theo had moved to California for college and started seeing Jackson, Griffin never doubted Theo would come back to him when the time was right. But when Theo dies in a drowning accident, the future he's been imagining for himself is gone. To make things worse, the only person who truly understands his heartache is Jackson. As Griffin loses himself in his obsessive compulsions and destructive choices, the secrets he's been keeping are tearing him apart.HL820LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Love; Drowning; Grief; Obsessive-compulsive disorder; Self-destructive behavior; Gay people; Gay teenagers; Homosexuals.; Gay fiction.;
Available copies: 37 / Total copies: 44
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The DBT Skills Workbook for Teen Self-Harm : Practical Tools to Help You Manage Emotions and Overcome Self-Harming Behaviors. by Van Dijk, Sheri.(CARDINAL)496148;
Do you cut or self-harm? Do you feel like it gives you a sense of control in a world where you so often feel helpless and powerless? Do you do it to distract from emotional pain, or just feel something other than total numbness? There's a long list of reasons why you may self-harm. But regardless of the reason or the method, the truth is that self-harm is a destructive-and potentially deadly-way to deal with emotional pain. Fortunately, there are healthier and safer ways to manage your emotions.Ages 14-18
Subjects: Young adult literature.; Self-mutilation in adolescence.; Cutting (Self-mutilation); Self-mutilation.; Adolescent psychology.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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We weren't looking to be found / by Kuehn, Stephanie,author.;
"Two girls find friendship on their path to mental health in a story of acceptance, recovery, and resilience" --Dani comes from the richest, most famous Black family in Texas and seems to have everything a girl could want. So why does she keep using and engaging in other self-destructive behavior? Camila's Colombian-American family doesn't have much, but she knows exactly what she wants out of life and works her ass off to get it. So why does she keep failing, and why does she self-harm every time she does? When Dani and Camila find themselves rooming together at Peach Tree Hills, a treatment facility in beautiful rural Georgia, they initially think they'll never get along and they'll never get better. But then they find a mysterious music box filled with letters from a former resident of PTH, and together they set out to solve the mystery of who this girl was . . . and who she's become. The investigation will bring them together, and what they find at the end might just bring them hope.Grades 10-12.Ages 14-18.
Subjects: Social problem fiction.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Young adult fiction.; Psychiatric hospitals; Female friendship; Substance abuse; Self-mutilation; African Americans; Hispanic Americans; Women's friendships.;
Available copies: 13 / Total copies: 17
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