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Lessons in falling

After a fall jeopardizes her dreams for a college gymnastics scholarship, Savannah must deal with her parents' expectations, her friend's suicide attempt, and a new relationship.

Detached

After her grandparents are killed in a tragic accident, Anna, who has never felt like she belongs, begins to feel aimless.

Backlash

2016
When Christian, a boy she knows only through Facebook, posts a lot of nasty comments on her page, fifteen-year-old Lara tries to kill herself--but that is only the beginning of the backlash for her sister, Sydney; her former friend Bree; and her classmates.

Do you have a friend who is suicidal?

2016
"In today's high-paced, high-pressure world, many teens cave into the pressure and decide to take their own lives, leaving behind confused and hurt family and friends. Through expert advice and firsthand accounts from teens, readers can learn the warning signs of suicidal behavior, and how best to help others or themselves"--Provided by the publisher.

A Darkly Beating Heart

2016
No one knows what to do with Reiko. She is full of hatred. All she can think about is how to best hurt herself and the people closest to her. After a failed suicide attempt, Reikos parents send her from their Seattle home to spend the summer with family in Japan to learn to control her emotions. But while visiting Kuramagi, a historic village preserved to reflect the nineteenth-century Edo period, Reiko finds herself slipping back in time into the life of Miyu, a young woman even more bent on revenge than Reiko herself. Reiko loves being Miyu, until she discovers the secret of Kuramagi village, and must face down Miyus demons as well as her own. Reiko's heart is full of hatred. Her classmates and her brother terrorize her. The first girl she's ever loved jilted her. After a failed suicide attempt at her home in Seattle, Reiko's parents send her to spend the summer with family in Japan. While visiting Kuramagi, a historic village preserved to reflect the nineteenth-century Edo period, Reiko finds herself slipping backward into 1862 and the life of Miyu, a young woman even more vengeful than Reiko herself. Reiko loves escaping into Miyu's life... until she discovers Kuramagi's dark secret and must face down Miyu's demons as well as her own.

Paperweight

2014
Enduring regimented and intrusive treatment at an eating-disorder center, seventeen-year-old Stevie is haunted by guilt for her brother's fatal accident and secretly plans to commit suicide on the anniversary of his death.

Hello?

While grieving her grandmother's death, Tricia makes a call to her grandmother's old phone number that unexpectedly connects her to the lives of four other Wisconsin teenagers.

The secret side of empty

As her friends make plans for life after high school, M.T. struggles to envision her future as an undocumented immigrant and becomes determined to make a life for herself in the only place she has ever known as home.

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