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message 1: by Jacquelyn, thebrunettebooknerd (last edited Apr 06, 2013 07:12PM) (new)
Apr 06, 2013 07:10PM

Jacquelyn (jacquelynreads) | 18790 comments This thread is for everyone to recommend their favorite books about YA real world problems such as eating disorders, cancer, etc.


message 2: by Trisha, lives on coffee (new)
Apr 06, 2013 07:20PM

Trisha | 30284 comments I loved all of these:

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher Almost by Anne Eliot It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini Before I Die by Jenny Downham The Probability of Miracles by Wendy Wunder Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson Hold Still by Nina LaCour Stolen by Lucy Christopher Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr You Don't Know Me by David Klass On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King Stargirl (Stargirl, #1) by Jerry Spinelli Letters From the Inside by John Marsden The Year of Secret Assignments (Ashbury/Brookfield, #2) by Jaclyn Moriarty The Life Before Her Eyes by Laura Kasischke


message 3: by Susan (new)
Apr 06, 2013 07:21PM

Susan I just read Skinny by Donna Cooner by Donna Cooner and it was sooooo good!!


message 4: by Jacquelyn, thebrunettebooknerd (new)
Apr 06, 2013 07:23PM

Jacquelyn (jacquelynreads) | 18790 comments Wow! Thanks! I've only read only one of these so my TBR list will be getting longer (once again!)


message 5: by Gisbelle (new)
Apr 06, 2013 07:26PM

Gisbelle | 25787 comments One Last Wish series by Lurlene McDaniel (I have read only book 1, but I have all of them. So I will read them all soon.) The series is all about losing loved ones.


message 6: by Kassi (new)
Apr 07, 2013 12:59PM

Kassi | 41 comments These: Sandpiper by Ellen Wittlinger Such a Pretty Girl by Laura Wiess Willow by Julia Hoban Clean by Amy Reed After by Amy Efaw


message 7: by Jacquelyn, thebrunettebooknerd (new)
Apr 07, 2013 03:02PM

Jacquelyn (jacquelynreads) | 18790 comments Kassi wrote: "These: Sandpiper by Ellen Wittlinger Such a Pretty Girl by Laura Wiess Willow by Julia Hoban Clean by Amy Reed After by Amy Efaw"

I loved Willow!


message 8: by Kathy (new)
Apr 20, 2013 02:49PM

Kathy | 7669 comments I loved
Sing Me to Sleep by Angela Morrison North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Girl, Stolen by April Henry Beautiful by Cindy Martinusen-Coloma Don't Breathe a Word by Holly Cupala You Against Me by Jenny Downham


message 9: by Trinity (new)
Jul 08, 2013 07:47PM

Trinity (tsundokuproblem) I recommend you try a Sarah Dessen book! They talk about many real life problems that teens might go through :-)


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