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• Whale Eyes

  a Memoir About Seeing and Being Seen

  Robinson, James (Filmmaker),

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  Told through an experimental mix of intimate anecdotes and interactive visuals, this book immerses readers in James’s point of view, allowing them to see the world through his disabling eye conditions.

• Deer Run Home

  a Novel in Verse

  LeZotte, Ann Clare,

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  Things are lonely and tough for Deaf 12-year-old Effie: her friends are gone, and her abusive family won't even learn American Sign Language. But with support from the one person who listens to her, Effie might find safety. If you like intense,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Garvey's Choice

  the Graphic Novel

  Grimes, Nikki

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  Garvey’s father has always wanted Garvey to be athletic, but Garvey is interested in astronomy, science fiction, reading—anything but sports. Feeling like a failure, he comforts himself with food. Garvey is kind, funny, smart, a loyal friend, and he…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Free Lunch

  Ogle, Rex,

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  A sixth grader from an economically disadvantaged family struggles in a new school where he is forced to endure humiliation over his secondhand clothing and public daily requests for his school’s free lunch program.

• The Year I Didn't Eat

  Pollen, Samuel,

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  A 14-year-old boy with anorexia records his efforts to control his eating disorder in a therapist-prescribed journal that documents the progression of his illness and its impact on his perspectives and family.

• Fitting Indian

  Chand, Jyoti,

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  All Nitasha's parents want is for her to be the perfect Indian daughter, something she is not, and when alcohol stops taking the edge off, she turns to cutting and wonders if she will be enough.

• The Glass Girl

  Glasgow, Kathleen, 1969-

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  When 15-year-old Bella turns to alcohol to cope with the pressures of life, she soon finds herself struggling with a life-threatening addiction, in a candid, deeply compassionate exploration of the forces pushing young women toward addiction and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Light Enough to Float

  Seal, Lauren,

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  When fourteen-year-old Evie is diagnosed with anorexia, she begins the slow process of recovery with the help of caregivers and peers who are battling their own disordered-eating habits.

• Ariel Crashes a Train

  Cole, Olivia A.,

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  Ariel grapples with her fear of her own mind and violent fantasies, driven by her desire to meet her parents' expectations and societal norms, until a summer job at a carnival leads her to new friends who help her discover her struggle with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Here I Am

  Grimes, Shaunta,

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  An honest, uplifting story about learning to live in the body you're born with.

• Ever Since

  Bruzas, Alena,

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  Falling in love with her best friend's boyfriend, Rumi, 17-year-old Virginia, the queen of bad choices, discovers his little sister is being groomed for abuse by a respected member of the community and must choose between staying quiet or coming…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Chaos Theory

  Stone, Nic

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  A senior at Windward Academy, Shelbi, who has a diagnosed mental illness, keeps to herself until she forms a connection with Andy Criddle, who is battling addiction, but the closer they get, the more the past threatens to pull them apart.

• If I Can Give You That

  Bulla, Michael Gray,

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  Seventeen-year-old Gael, a trans boy, learns to let his walls down while finding community, discovering his sexuality, falling in love, and navigating difficult family situations.

• We Are All So Good at Smiling

  McBride, Amber,

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  Whimsy, who is clinically depressed, befriends a boy named Faerry, with whom she feels a magical connection, and together they brave the Forest, a place of monsters, fairy tales and pain that they have both been running from for 11 years.

• Wintergirls

  Anderson, Laurie Halse

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  Lia struggles with anorexia and the death of her friend, who died of anorexia.