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Best Teen Books About Real Problems
Good teen books about real problems dealt with today
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The Cadaver Factory
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4.40 avg rating — 284 ratings
score: 194,
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| 902 |
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Dear Zoe
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Philip Beard (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 1,993 ratings
score: 193,
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2 people voted
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| 902 |
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Measuring Up
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Nyrae Dawn (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 10,094 ratings
score: 193,
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| 902 |
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The Lance Temptation
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Brenda Maxfield (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 22 ratings
score: 193,
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2 people voted
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| 902 |
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Audrey, Wait!
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Robin Benway (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 14,695 ratings
score: 193,
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2 people voted
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| 902 |
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The Illustrated Mum (Illustrated Mum, #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 17,626 ratings
score: 193,
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3 people voted
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| 902 |
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She’s Come Undone
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Wally Lamb (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 358,675 ratings
score: 193,
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2 people voted
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| 902 |
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Saving June
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Hannah Harrington (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 17,385 ratings
score: 193,
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2 people voted
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| 909 |
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Hunger (Riders of the Apocalypse, #1)
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3.56 avg rating — 4,335 ratings
score: 192,
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| 909 |
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When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
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3.66 avg rating — 6,397 ratings
score: 192,
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| 909 |
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The Before Now and After Then
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Peter Monn (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 652 ratings
score: 192,
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| 909 |
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Puddle Jumping (Puddle Jumping, #1)
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Amber L. Johnson (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 12,436 ratings
score: 192,
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2 people voted
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| 909 |
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Outsiders (Outsiders #1)
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3.91 avg rating — 70 ratings
score: 192,
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2 people voted
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| 909 |
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Love Me Never (Lovely Vicious, #1)
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Sara Wolf (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 21,714 ratings
score: 192,
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| 909 |
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A Very Large Expanse of Sea
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4.07 avg rating — 66,425 ratings
score: 192,
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2 people voted
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| 916 |
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Babe in Boyland
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Jody Gehrman (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 10,135 ratings
score: 191,
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| 916 |
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Shift
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Em Bailey (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 4,776 ratings
score: 191,
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2 people voted
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| 916 |
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Aishiteruze Baby, Volume 1
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3.99 avg rating — 4,344 ratings
score: 191,
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| 916 |
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Enlightened (Little Boy Lost, #1)
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J.P. Barnaby (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 1,150 ratings
score: 191,
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| 916 |
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Incarceron (Incarceron, #1)
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3.65 avg rating — 62,258 ratings
score: 191,
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The Art Book
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3.86 avg rating — 165,122 ratings
score: 191,
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| 916 |
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Bleed
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Laurie Faria Stolarz (Goodreads Author)
3.39 avg rating — 2,895 ratings
score: 191,
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2 people voted
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| 916 |
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My Louisiana Sky
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3.99 avg rating — 2,830 ratings
score: 191,
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2 people voted
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| 916 |
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The Mall
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Megan McCafferty (Goodreads Author)
3.57 avg rating — 3,184 ratings
score: 191,
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2 people voted
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| 925 |
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Gracie's Girl
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Ellen Wittlinger (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 178 ratings
score: 190,
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3 people voted
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| 925 |
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Theories of Relativity
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3.86 avg rating — 1,067 ratings
score: 190,
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2 people voted
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| 925 |
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Runner
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Carl Deuker (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 3,548 ratings
score: 190,
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2 people voted
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| 925 |
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Fish: A Memoir of a Boy in a Man's Prison
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3.96 avg rating — 1,978 ratings
score: 190,
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2 people voted
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Orchards
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Holly Thompson (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 1,259 ratings
score: 190,
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2 people voted
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A Time for Dancing (A Time for Dancing, #1)
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4.33 avg rating — 2,512 ratings
score: 190,
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2 people voted
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| 925 |
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The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver (Ruby Oliver, #1)
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E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author)
3.49 avg rating — 27,031 ratings
score: 190,
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2 people voted
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| 932 |
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The Wind Blows Backward
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Mary Downing Hahn (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 1,341 ratings
score: 189,
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2 people voted
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Amelia Unabridged
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Ashley Schumacher (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 5,230 ratings
score: 189,
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2 people voted
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| 934 |
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Revenge of a Band Geek Gone Bad
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Naomi Rabinowitz (Goodreads Author)
3.54 avg rating — 71 ratings
score: 188,
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2 people voted
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| 934 |
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Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)
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Nic Stone (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 84,362 ratings
score: 188,
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2 people voted
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Islam and the Destiny of Man
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4.40 avg rating — 1,221 ratings
score: 188,
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2 people voted
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| 937 |
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All Unquiet Things
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Anna Jarzab (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 3,234 ratings
score: 187,
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3 people voted
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| 938 |
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The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt
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Caroline Preston (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 41,865 ratings
score: 186,
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2 people voted
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The Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
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4.23 avg rating — 219,718 ratings
score: 186,
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4 people voted
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Every Last Word
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Tamara Ireland Stone (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 123,590 ratings
score: 186,
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2 people voted
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Drama
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Raina Telgemeier (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 158,591 ratings
score: 186,
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2 people voted
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Muslim Character
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4.39 avg rating — 4,410 ratings
score: 186,
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2 people voted
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| 943 |
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I'll Be There
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Holly Goldberg Sloan (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 9,053 ratings
score: 185,
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2 people voted
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Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return (Persepolis, #2)
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4.22 avg rating — 78,340 ratings
score: 185,
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3 people voted
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| 945 |
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Drowning Anna
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Sue Mayfield (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 713 ratings
score: 184,
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2 people voted
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There's a Bat in Bunk Five (Marcy Lewis, #2)
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3.89 avg rating — 1,788 ratings
score: 184,
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3 people voted
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| 945 |
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Jerk, California
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Jonathan Friesen (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 3,217 ratings
score: 184,
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2 people voted
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The Possibility of Fireflies
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Dominique Paul (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 709 ratings
score: 184,
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2 people voted
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A Sudden Silence
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3.43 avg rating — 278 ratings
score: 184,
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2 people voted
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Prom
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Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author)
3.33 avg rating — 8,930 ratings
score: 184,
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2 people voted
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Rats Saw God
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3.80 avg rating — 3,559 ratings
score: 184,
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2 people voted
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Dear Evan Hansen
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Val Emmich (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 71,237 ratings
score: 184,
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2 people voted
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| 953 |
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Painting the Black
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Carl Deuker (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 524 ratings
score: 183,
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2 people voted
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| 953 |
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The Fault in Our Stars
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 5,615,203 ratings
score: 183,
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2 people voted
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| 955 |
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Lily Alone
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3.95 avg rating — 5,583 ratings
score: 182,
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2 people voted
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| 955 |
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The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
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3.82 avg rating — 4,919 ratings
score: 182,
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2 people voted
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Never Trust A Happy Song
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Natalie Bina (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 21 ratings
score: 182,
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2 people voted
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| 958 |
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Ruby
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Francesca Lia Block (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 1,745 ratings
score: 181,
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2 people voted
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| 958 |
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The Twelfth Day of July (Kevin and Sadie, #1)
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3.95 avg rating — 1,412 ratings
score: 181,
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| 958 |
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Meet the Austins (Austin Family, #1)
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3.88 avg rating — 10,488 ratings
score: 181,
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| 958 |
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Bad Girls
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3.61 avg rating — 9,920 ratings
score: 181,
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Poison Princess (The Arcana Chronicles, #1)
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Kresley Cole (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 44,543 ratings
score: 181,
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Approaching the Qur'an: The Early Revelations
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4.19 avg rating — 752 ratings
score: 181,
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Dare You To (Pushing the Limits, #2)
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Katie McGarry (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 43,208 ratings
score: 181,
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| 965 |
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Crooked
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Laura McNeal (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 1,512 ratings
score: 180,
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2 people voted
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| 965 |
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There You'll Find Me
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Jenny B. Jones (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 14,169 ratings
score: 180,
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| 967 |
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Ruined (Ruined, #1)
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3.84 avg rating — 13,976 ratings
score: 179,
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| 967 |
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Letters to the Lost (Letters to the Lost, #1)
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Brigid Kemmerer (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 51,168 ratings
score: 179,
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| 969 |
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Gravity Journal
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3.72 avg rating — 299 ratings
score: 178,
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| 969 |
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Solo
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3.34 avg rating — 89 ratings
score: 178,
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| 969 |
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Pictures of Hollis Woods
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4.03 avg rating — 30,489 ratings
score: 178,
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Harry Potter Collection (Harry Potter, #1-6)
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4.72 avg rating — 34,612 ratings
score: 178,
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2 people voted
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| 969 |
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Things Hoped For (Things, #2)
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3.84 avg rating — 4,216 ratings
score: 178,
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American Born Chinese
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Gene Luen Yang (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 100,464 ratings
score: 178,
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| 975 |
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Ask Me No Questions
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Marina Budhos (Goodreads Author)
3.41 avg rating — 2,427 ratings
score: 177,
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Hick
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3.75 avg rating — 1,176 ratings
score: 177,
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Thinking In Pictures: and Other Reports from My Life with Autism
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4.10 avg rating — 16,881 ratings
score: 177,
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3 people voted
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How to Love
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Katie Cotugno (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 18,891 ratings
score: 177,
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الأربعون النووية
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4.69 avg rating — 3,731 ratings
score: 177,
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The List
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Siobhan Vivian (Goodreads Author)
3.38 avg rating — 30,491 ratings
score: 177,
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Panic (Panic, #1)
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Lauren Oliver (Goodreads Author)
3.55 avg rating — 63,105 ratings
score: 177,
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
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4.30 avg rating — 572,170 ratings
score: 177,
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The Love Match
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Priyanka Taslim (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 2,619 ratings
score: 177,
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| 984 |
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A Midsummer's Nightmare (Hamilton High, #3)
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Kody Keplinger (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 20,299 ratings
score: 176,
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| 984 |
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American Street
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Ibi Zoboi (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 21,937 ratings
score: 176,
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| 986 |
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Let's Face It
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Jodi R. Moore (Goodreads Author)
3.61 avg rating — 36 ratings
score: 175,
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| 986 |
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I've Got Your Number
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Sophie Kinsella (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 237,841 ratings
score: 175,
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| 986 |
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The Carnival at Bray
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Jessie Ann Foley (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 3,016 ratings
score: 175,
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| 989 |
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Secrets
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3.64 avg rating — 6,877 ratings
score: 174,
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| 989 |
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Freshman Year
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Annameekee Hesik (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 736 ratings
score: 174,
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| 989 |
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The Vincent Brothers (The Vincent Boys, #2)
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Abbi Glines (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 49,663 ratings
score: 174,
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| 989 |
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Loves Music, Loves to Dance
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3.95 avg rating — 30,444 ratings
score: 174,
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Atheism Is Stupid
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
score: 174,
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| 994 |
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The Day I Killed James
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Catherine Ryan Hyde (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 955 ratings
score: 173,
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| 994 |
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Callum & Harper (Sleepless, #1)
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Fisher Amelie (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 12,733 ratings
score: 173,
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Illegal
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4.21 avg rating — 9,962 ratings
score: 173,
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P.S. I Still Love You (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #2)
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Jenny Han (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 416,127 ratings
score: 173,
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What I Lost
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Alexandra Ballard (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,956 ratings
score: 173,
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Goldfish (Girl out of Water, #1)
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3.90 avg rating — 1,176 ratings
score: 172,
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Crank, Speak, and What Happened to Cass McBride are such good books and also my favorites :]
Speak, Cut, and Thirteen Reasons Why are wonderful books! You can read them again and again without getting tires of them!
... All YA books deal with "real" problems. As a matter of fact, books about siblings, school, dating, divorce, ect. happen a lot more in life then a books about addicts, suicide, and eating disorders. Don't get me wrong, I get what you mean by "real problems", but I think it should be worded differently. \
For best Teen books about REAL problems I DEFINITELY think that "Speak" should be at the top of the list. Some books shouldn't be on the list though, even as an option, like the "Uglies" series and books like that since those are impossible to happen in the present.
DUDE, I STARTED TO READ THIRTEEN REASONS WHY AND I STARTED TO GET KINDA WEIRDED OUT, SO I STOPPED.SPEAK WAS MADE INTO A MOVIE, IT WAS PRETTY GOOD.
The perks of being a wallflower is my all time favorite book!
Great list.I either have already read them or am plaining on too.
I love Speak.
You forgot White Oleander though.
ive been wanting 2 read cut since 4th grade and im in the 7th grade. i wanna read it soo bad lolz
Ellen Hopkins books are beautifully written and are page turners.
so glad none of those twilight books are on this list. that whole twilight stuff is so overrated and its not what kids today worry about. vampires? werewolves? please give me a break
Mandy wrote: "... All YA books deal with "real" problems. As a matter of fact, books about siblings, school, dating, divorce, ect. happen a lot more in life then a books about addicts, suicide, and eating disord..."Deffinately agree with you
I think that I Heart You, You Haunt Meisn't really dealing with real problems,getting haunted by her dead boyfriend... not really a real life problemI don't mean to offend anyone =)
Who in their right mind voted for Percy Jackson? Great book yes, R'eal' problems NO!
Nataytay wrote: "For best Teen books about REAL problems I DEFINITELY think that "Speak" should be at the top of the list. Some books shouldn't be on the list though, even as an option, like the "Uglies" series an..."I agree. I saw the uglies adn was like...What? Why is that on there?!
Guistinna wrote: "DUDE, I STARTED TO READ THIRTEEN REASONS WHY AND I STARTED TO GET KINDA WEIRDED OUT, SO I STOPPED.SPEAK WAS MADE INTO A MOVIE, IT WAS PRETTY GOOD."
Are you serious??? I didnt know it was a movie!
Jenn{WeEzEr LuVa!!!!} wrote: "Who in their right mind voted for Percy Jackson? Great book yes, R'eal' problems NO!"I know. That shouldnt be on there. Thats fantasy. Not likely to happen...
Because I Am Furniture & Wintergirls broke my heart i tried super duper hard not to cry but i did anyway cuz it shows u that some of the problems we complain about sometimes are practically nonexistent compared to some of the problems in most of these books....think about it but these are some good books BTW :D
In Beastly, a self-centered boy is turned into a monster by a witch. This is a real problem amoung teens today--NOT! Who are the 21 people who voted for this book? Oh, I know! 21 people who were turned into idiots by witches!
Henryetta wrote: "In Beastly, a self-centered boy is turned into a monster by a witch. This is a real problem amoung teens today--NOT! Who are the 21 people who voted for this book? Oh, I know! 21 people who were ..."your right!! :)
I don't know what people were thinking...
and gossip girl is on here why? i read the entire series and theyre all totally superficial problemslove speak, 13 reasons why & the outsiders though
Why is "Gossip Girl" on here? :P All superficial problems. Oh, and read "Freaky Green Eyes" by Joyce Carol Oates.. Its absolutely amazing.
Alice in Time is a great book about divorce bullying and mistakes.
After giving "Beastly" some thought, I do see a connection to teens today. There is so much emphsis on good looks, clothes, and popularity amoung teens. This book address that problem. The results is pure fantasy, but perhaps the emphsis on "outward appearance" was the connection that the voters saw. I was too fast to judge. By the way, "Beastly" has been made into a movie that will be released in March 2011. You can bring up the trailer on the internet.
*Prancer!* wrote: "Nataytay wrote: "For best Teen books about REAL problems I DEFINITELY think that "Speak" should be at the top of the list. Some books shouldn't be on the list though, even as an option, like the "..."
It's on there because the Uglies series may be Scifi, but it still deals with one of the most problem among teens nowadays, the overall worry about physical appearance. This then can be related to how many teens have such horrible self-esteem which leads to big problems.
It's on there because the Uglies series may be Scifi, but it still deals with one of the most problem among teens nowadays, the overall worry about physical appearance. This then can be related to how many teens have such horrible self-esteem which leads to big problems.
Hold Still by Nina LaCour, It's a must read.
Guistinna wrote: "DUDE, I STARTED TO READ THIRTEEN REASONS WHY AND I STARTED TO GET KINDA WEIRDED OUT, SO I STOPPED.SPEAK WAS MADE INTO A MOVIE, IT WAS PRETTY GOOD."
I don't blame you, but I finished it and it was good.
Jessi wrote: "Speak, Cut, and Thirteen Reasons Why are wonderful books! You can read them again and again without getting tires of them!"very true i stil cry in Thirteen Reasons Why
thirten reasons why?? JUST finished the book and it's a really good book but it makes me really think and i luv it.
i think Gemma by Meg Tilly is a book that you should include in the list! by the way nice list ^_^
Go Ask Alice? Have you even READ that book? It is a pile of crock! There is nothing in it that is accurate or discusses real teen problems, including the fact that the entire thing is a *lie*.
Henryetta wrote: "In Beastly, a self-centered boy is turned into a monster by a witch. This is a real problem amoung teens today--NOT! Who are the 21 people who voted for this book? Oh, I know! 21 people who were ..."It's about a real problem symbolically because It's about a boy finding out life isn't about being beautiful on the outside but what's inside is what counts. :) And if you find a person who loves not just for your looks, but your personality, they are the one.
Willow after and speak changed my life completely. i absolutely loved them they are now and forever my favorite books :)
thirteen reasons why made me cry uncontrollably. i would recommend it to anyone and everyone
By Time you read this i'll be dead made be sob! it ismy all time favorite book ever!!!!
My favorites are Speak, Cut, Uglies, and Specials
My favorites are Speak, Cut, Uglies, and Specials
"Return of the Skeleton Man"? Seriously? Am I the only teenager who doesn't have problems with strange old skeleton creatures chasing me and kidnapping my parents?
Meaghan wrote: "My favorites are Speak, Cut, Uglies, and Specials"lol that is a lil odd to be on there....
LOL I love how Uglies is #12 and it's a sci-fi book. And After by Amy Efaw, cuz all teenagers throw their babies in the dumpster. . . Along with others. *slaps-forehead*
Charlotte wrote: ".... After by Amy Efaw, cuz all teenagers throw their babies in the dumpster. . . Along with others. *slaps-forehead*"I guess it depends on how you define "real"- "real" as in "extremely difficult/serious" or "real" as in "common". Efaw's book definitely falls into the former, not the latter :)
Sarah wrote: "Charlotte wrote: ".... After by Amy Efaw, cuz all teenagers throw their babies in the dumpster. . . Along with others. *slaps-forehead*"I guess it depends on how you define "real"- "real" as in "..."
That's true. :) The sci-fi books on here are pretty funny though. Although then again, they're all dealing with personal problems within the books so I can see why. .
Speak has been made into a movie and it's rated PG-13. I read this whole book within a couple days. It was great except for the creep and the brief rape part.
Nataytay wrote: "For best Teen books about REAL problems I DEFINITELY think that "Speak" should be at the top of the list. Some books shouldn't be on the list though, even as an option, like the "Uglies" series an..."Uglies did deal with the presssure to accept yourself and not give in to society's pressure blindly without questioning it.
Sarah wrote: ""Return of the Skeleton Man"? Seriously? Am I the only teenager who doesn't have problems with strange old skeleton creatures chasing me and kidnapping my parents?"What are you talking about? That happens to me all the time! ;)
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