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• The Art of Insanity

  Webb, Christine (Teacher)

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  [Teen Fiction] Keeping her Bipolar disorder a secret from her classmates, artist Natalie Cordova finds her plan to self-treat unraveling alongside the perfect facade she's been hiding under as she juggles all kinds of emotions and responsibilities.

• The Immeasurable Depth of You

  Ingrande Mora, Maria, 1980-

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  [Teen Fiction] Fifteen-year-old Brynn is obsessed with death, and her severe anxiety leaves her feeling isolated, but when her parents decide she is going to spend the summer on her father's houseboat, she meets—and starts crushing on—sultry and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• History Is All You Left Me

  Silvera, Adam, 1990-

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  [Teen Fiction] Secrets are revealed as OCD-afflicted Griffin grieves for his first love, Theo, who died in a drowning accident.

• You're Welcome, Universe

  Gardner, Whitney,

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  [Teen Fiction] When Julia finds a slur about her best friend scrawled across the back of the Kingston School for the Deaf, she covers it up with a beautiful (albeit illegal) graffiti mural. Her supposed best friend snitches, the principal expels…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

  Tanabe, Seiko, 1928-2019,

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  [Teen Fiction] College student Tsuneo loves the ocean and the creatures it harbors, and he dreams of studying abroad in faraway waters. All he needs is enough funds to go, so when a girl in a wheelchair suddenly barrels into his life, he readily…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Brain Is Different

  Stories of ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders

  Monzūsū (Comic book writer),

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  [Graphic Novel] This intimate manga anthology is about the struggles and successes of individuals learning to navigate daily life with a developmental disorder. The comics follow the stories of nine people, including: a junior high dropout finding…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Interabled

  True Stories About Love and Disability From Squirmy & Grubs and Other Interabled Couples

  Burcaw, Shane,

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  [Teen Fiction] With their signature wit and hilarious voice, authors, bloggers, and entrepreneurs Shane and Hannah Burcaw have put together a true story collection of sweet and unforgettable love stories about interabled couples.

• When My Heart Joins the Thousand

  Steiger, A. J.

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  [Teen Fiction] Alvie Fitz doesn’t fit in, and she doesn’t care. She’s spent years swallowing meds and bad advice from doctors and social workers. Adjust, adapt. Pretend to be normal. It sounds so easy.

• The Extraordinaries

  Klune, TJ,

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  [Teen Fiction] A successful fan-fiction writer has a chance encounter with a superhero crush who challenges him to remake himself in ways that compromise his bond with a best friend, who is becoming something more.

• This Moth Saw Brightness

  Vacharat, A. A.,

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  [Teen Fiction] High schooler Wayne and his best friend Kermit participate in a university health study that turns out to be riddled with conspiracies pointing to a sinister government plot.

• The Easy Part of Impossible

  Tomp, Sarah

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  [Teen Fiction] Freed from an abusive coach who dominated her Olympic ambitions, a talented young diver struggling with ADHD and trauma rekindles a friendship with a boy on the autism spectrum, before her coach returns to her life with a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Monday's Not Coming

  a Novel

  Jackson, Tiffany D.,

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  [Teen Fiction] Monday Charles is missing, and only Claudia seems to notice. Claudia and Monday have always been inseparable—more sisters than friends. So when Monday doesn’t turn up for the first day of school, Claudia’s worried.

• Unseelie

  Housman, Ivelisse

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  [Teen Fiction] An autistic changeling trying to navigate her unpredictable magic, Seelie finds it difficult to fit in with the humans around her, unlike her twin sister, until they both get caught up in a heist gone wrong that changes everything.

• Let's Call It a Doomsday

  Henry, Katie,

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  [Teen Fiction] Ellis Kimball, sixteen, whose anxiety disorder causes her to prepare for the imminent end of the world, meets Hannah, who claims to know when it will happen.

• The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling

  Chim, Wai,

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  [Teen Fiction] Anna Chiu has her hands pretty full looking after her brother and sister, and helping out at her dad's restaurant, all while her mum stays in bed. Dad's new delivery boy, Rory, is a welcome distraction and even though she knows that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Shino Can't Say Her Name

  Oshimi, Shūzō,

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  [Graphic Novel] High school can be a stressful time for many young people, unfortunately, things go wrong on Shino's first day—she fails to even say her name during her homeroom introduction. Ostracized and afraid she struggles to find her place in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Oracle Code

  Nijkamp, Marieke,

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  [Graphic Novel] After a gunshot leaves her paralyzed, Barbara Gordon enters the Arkham Center for Independence, where Gotham's teens undergo physical and mental rehabilitation. Now using a wheelchair, Barbara must adapt to a new normal, but she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Komi Can't Communicate. Volume 1

  Oda, Tomohito,

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  [Graphic Novel] Socially anxious high school student Shoko Komi would love to make friends, but her shyness is interpreted as being reserved, and the other students keep her at a distance.

• The Fire Never Goes Out

  a Memoir in Pictures

  Stevenson, ND,

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  [Graphic Novel] In a collection of personal comics that span eight years of her young adult life, author-illustrator ND Stevenson charts the highs and lows of being a creative human in the world.

• Avatar, the Last Airbender. Toph Beifong's Metalbending Academy

  Hicks, Faith Erin,

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  [Graphic Novel] Things are looking bright at the Beifong Metalbending Academy. But after all the adventures Toph's had with Aang, Sokka, Zuko, and Katara, the whole thing feels a bit dull. Luckily, Sokka and Suki come to visit and reintroduce some…Read moreRead more of this annotation