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Hanging on to Max / by Margaret Bechard.
When his girlfriend decides to give their baby away, seventeen-year-old Sam is determined to keep him and raise him alone.
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Jumping off swings / Jo Knowles.
Tells, from four points of view, the ramifications of a pregnancy resulting from a "one-time thing" between Ellie, who feels loved when boys touch her, and Josh, an eager virgin with a troubled home life.
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After / Amy Efaw.
In complete denial that she is pregnant, straight-A student and star athlete Devon Davenport leaves her baby in the trash to die, and after the baby is discovered, Devon is accused of attempted murder.
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Cut / Patricia McCormick.
While confined to a mental hospital, thirteen-year-old Callie slowly comes to understand some of the reasons behind her self-mutilation, and gradually starts to get better.
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If I stay / Gayle Forman.
While in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weighs whether to live with her grief or join her family in death.
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Wintergirls / by Laurie Halse Anderson.
Eighteen-year-old Lia comes to terms with her best friend's death from anorexia as she struggles with the same disorder.
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Such a pretty girl / Laura Wiess.
Haunted by flashbacks, fifteen-year-old Meredith learns that three years in prison has not changed the abusive father who molested her.
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Scars / by Cheryl Rainfield.
Fifteen-year-old Kendra, a budding artist, has not felt safe since she began to recall devastating memories of childhood sexual abuse, especially since she cannot remember her abuser's identity, and she copes with the pressure by cutting...
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Stolen / Lucy Christopher.
Sixteen-year-old Gemma, a British city-dweller, is abducted while on vacation with her parents and taken to the Australian outback, where she soon realizes that escape attempts are futile, and in time she learns that her captor is not as despicable a
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