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Best Teen Books About Real Problems
Good teen books about real problems dealt with today
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Whirligig
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3.35 avg rating — 8,699 ratings
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Fated (Soul Seekers, #1)
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Alyson Noel (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 18,595 ratings
score: 170,
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I Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies, #1)
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3.94 avg rating — 350,262 ratings
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| 1004 |
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The Life Before Her Eyes
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3.32 avg rating — 1,793 ratings
score: 169,
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| 1004 |
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Take This Regret (Take This Regret, #1)
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Amy Lichtenhan (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 25,173 ratings
score: 169,
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Rich and Mad
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3.31 avg rating — 619 ratings
score: 169,
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| 1004 |
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Starlings
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Amanda Linsmeier (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 945 ratings
score: 169,
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| 1008 |
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Vampire Dental: Veneers
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Delaney Rhodes (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 24 ratings
score: 168,
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| 1008 |
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Same Sun Here
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Silas House (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 3,388 ratings
score: 168,
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| 1008 |
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The Windup Girl
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Paolo Bacigalupi (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 77,561 ratings
score: 168,
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| 1008 |
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Blankets
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4.06 avg rating — 123,984 ratings
score: 168,
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| 1008 |
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Fallen (Fallen, #1)
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Lauren Kate (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 613,406 ratings
score: 168,
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| 1008 |
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The Summer I Wasn't Me
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Jessica Verdi (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 4,347 ratings
score: 168,
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| 1014 |
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Bruiser
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Neal Shusterman (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 17,549 ratings
score: 167,
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| 1014 |
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Becoming Calder
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Mia Sheridan (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 22,578 ratings
score: 167,
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| 1014 |
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Little & Lion
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Brandy Colbert (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 10,674 ratings
score: 167,
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| 1017 |
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Driver's Ed
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3.35 avg rating — 1,709 ratings
score: 166,
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Girls Under Pressure (Girls, #2)
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3.68 avg rating — 10,473 ratings
score: 166,
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Chinese Girl in the Ghetto
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Ying Ma (Goodreads Author)
3.60 avg rating — 546 ratings
score: 166,
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Nobody Said It Would Be Easy
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3.85 avg rating — 34 ratings
score: 166,
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| 1021 |
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Second Star to the Right
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3.72 avg rating — 2,363 ratings
score: 165,
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Can You Keep a Secret?
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Sophie Kinsella (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 470,221 ratings
score: 165,
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3 people voted
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| 1021 |
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What They Always Tell Us
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Martin Wilson (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 4,998 ratings
score: 165,
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| 1021 |
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Finding Eden
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Mia Sheridan (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 20,169 ratings
score: 165,
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2 people voted
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Purple Heart
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3.78 avg rating — 3,057 ratings
score: 164,
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| 1025 |
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You're Never Alone...A Child of Divorce Searches for Happiness
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Philip Nork (Goodreads Author)
4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
score: 164,
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2 people voted
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| 1025 |
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The Mill on the Floss
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3.83 avg rating — 58,334 ratings
score: 164,
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3 people voted
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| 1025 |
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Bad Girls Don't Die (Bad Girls Don't Die, #1)
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Katie Alender (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 30,112 ratings
score: 164,
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2 people voted
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| 1025 |
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The Ring and the Crown (The Ring and the Crown, #1)
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Melissa de la Cruz (Goodreads Author)
3.43 avg rating — 5,258 ratings
score: 164,
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| 1025 |
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Jasper Jones
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Craig Silvey (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 42,623 ratings
score: 164,
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2 people voted
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| 1031 |
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Janey's Girl
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3.84 avg rating — 390 ratings
score: 163,
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2 people voted
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| 1031 |
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Uglies, The Collector's Set (Uglies, #1-4)
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Scott Westerfeld (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 8,280 ratings
score: 163,
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2 people voted
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| 1031 |
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Breaking Point
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Alex Flinn (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 1,653 ratings
score: 163,
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2 people voted
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The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1)
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4.21 avg rating — 261,376 ratings
score: 163,
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2 people voted
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| 1031 |
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Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)
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Marissa Meyer (Goodreads Author)
4.40 avg rating — 398,629 ratings
score: 163,
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2 people voted
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Das eiskalte Paradies: Ein Mädchen bei den Zeugen Jehovas
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3.98 avg rating — 344 ratings
score: 163,
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This Is Where It Ends
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Marieke Nijkamp (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 148,366 ratings
score: 163,
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We Are Okay
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Nina LaCour (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 99,410 ratings
score: 163,
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2 people voted
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| 1031 |
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They Both Die at the End (Death-Cast, #1)
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Adam Silvera (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 847,763 ratings
score: 163,
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| 1040 |
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I'm Not Her
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Janet Gurtler (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 4,583 ratings
score: 162,
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2 people voted
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| 1040 |
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Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful, #1)
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Jamie McGuire (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 705,059 ratings
score: 162,
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3 people voted
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| 1040 |
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Abzurdah
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2.94 avg rating — 6,112 ratings
score: 162,
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Almost Perfect
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Brian Katcher (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 9,171 ratings
score: 162,
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3 people voted
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Everything is Changed
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3.60 avg rating — 213 ratings
score: 162,
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2 people voted
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| 1045 |
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Millie and the Night Heron
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3.39 avg rating — 108 ratings
score: 161,
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2 people voted
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Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It
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Gary Taubes (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 22,427 ratings
score: 161,
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2 people voted
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Charm and Strange
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Stephanie Kuehn (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 5,196 ratings
score: 161,
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2 people voted
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Underwater
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Marisa Reichardt (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 4,108 ratings
score: 161,
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Iggie's House
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Judy Blume (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 5,382 ratings
score: 160,
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3 people voted
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I Am Not Esther (I Am Not Esther, #1)
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3.92 avg rating — 3,906 ratings
score: 160,
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2 people voted
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The Power of Positive Thinking
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4.13 avg rating — 125,473 ratings
score: 160,
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House Rules
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Jodi Picoult (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 185,707 ratings
score: 160,
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2 people voted
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Solitaire
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Alice Oseman (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 139,789 ratings
score: 160,
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2 people voted
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| 1054 |
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The Great Wide Sea
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3.85 avg rating — 2,064 ratings
score: 159,
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| 1054 |
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Savvy (Savvy, #1)
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Ingrid Law (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 49,570 ratings
score: 159,
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| 1054 |
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Black Rabbit Summer
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3.86 avg rating — 3,095 ratings
score: 159,
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Where Are the Children? (Where Are the Children, #1)
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4.04 avg rating — 60,296 ratings
score: 159,
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3 people voted
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Turtle in Paradise
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Jennifer L. Holm (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 20,221 ratings
score: 159,
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The Infinite Moment of Us
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Lauren Myracle (Goodreads Author)
3.17 avg rating — 11,150 ratings
score: 159,
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| 1060 |
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See Ya, Simon
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3.90 avg rating — 671 ratings
score: 158,
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| 1060 |
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Compulsion
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Heidi Ayarbe (Goodreads Author)
3.38 avg rating — 556 ratings
score: 158,
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| 1060 |
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11 Birthdays (Willow Falls, #1)
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Wendy Mass (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 33,295 ratings
score: 158,
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Looking for JJ (Jennifer Jones, #1)
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3.73 avg rating — 6,836 ratings
score: 158,
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2 people voted
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The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1)
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James Patterson (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 232,360 ratings
score: 158,
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Everything's Not Fine
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Sarah Carlson (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 117 ratings
score: 158,
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| 1066 |
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The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had
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Kristin Levine (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 3,321 ratings
score: 157,
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The Dead I Know
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3.81 avg rating — 1,482 ratings
score: 157,
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The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone
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Adele Griffin (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 2,147 ratings
score: 157,
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| 1066 |
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Those were not Love Letters but still I fell in Love
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Arriah Kiprujistho (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 63 ratings
score: 157,
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What If It's Us (What If It's Us, #1)
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Becky Albertalli (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 166,594 ratings
score: 157,
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| 1071 |
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Fade to Black
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Alex Flinn (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 1,076 ratings
score: 156,
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| 1071 |
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Freaks Like Us
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Susan Vaught (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 1,479 ratings
score: 156,
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| 1071 |
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Tessa Masterson Will Go to Prom
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3.78 avg rating — 2,018 ratings
score: 156,
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Rapunzel
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Paul O. Zelinsky (retold by)
4.18 avg rating — 17,328 ratings
score: 156,
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| 1071 |
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This One Summer
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3.69 avg rating — 91,328 ratings
score: 156,
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| 1071 |
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With the Fire on High
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Elizabeth Acevedo (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 88,996 ratings
score: 156,
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| 1077 |
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Damnatio Memoriae
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Laura Giebfried (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 121 ratings
score: 155,
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| 1077 |
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The Fell
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Robert Jenkins (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 73 ratings
score: 155,
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| 1077 |
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The Poet X
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Elizabeth Acevedo (Goodreads Author)
4.37 avg rating — 139,508 ratings
score: 155,
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| 1080 |
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Ghosts of War: The True Story of a 19-Year-Old GI
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Ryan Smithson (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 1,466 ratings
score: 154,
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| 1080 |
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Baby & Solo
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Lisabeth Posthuma (Goodreads Author)
4.37 avg rating — 1,070 ratings
score: 154,
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| 1082 |
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White Stallion of Lipizza
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4.23 avg rating — 4,200 ratings
score: 153,
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| 1082 |
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Fire with Fire (Burn for Burn, #2)
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Jenny Han (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 21,404 ratings
score: 153,
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| 1082 |
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Television Man
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David Swerdlow (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 16 ratings
score: 153,
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| 1082 |
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Living Rough
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Cristy Watson (Goodreads Author)
3.61 avg rating — 135 ratings
score: 153,
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| 1082 |
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Clap When You Land
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Elizabeth Acevedo (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 108,326 ratings
score: 153,
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| 1087 |
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Broken Silence (Silence, #2)
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Natasha Preston (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 19,754 ratings
score: 152,
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| 1087 |
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No One is Invincible
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Shawn Walker (Goodreads Author)
4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings
score: 152,
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| 1089 |
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Alice in Time
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3.36 avg rating — 382 ratings
score: 151,
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| 1089 |
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Finally (Willow Falls, #2)
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Wendy Mass (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 19,614 ratings
score: 151,
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| 1089 |
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Suicide Watch
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Kelley York (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 1,932 ratings
score: 151,
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| 1089 |
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Gone (Gone, #1)
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Michael Grant (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 208,972 ratings
score: 151,
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| 1089 |
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Right Behind the Rain
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3.53 avg rating — 17 ratings
score: 151,
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| 1094 |
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Goodbye, Paper Doll
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3.88 avg rating — 207 ratings
score: 150,
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| 1094 |
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Wake (Wake, #1)
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Lisa McMann (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 82,550 ratings
score: 150,
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| 1094 |
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Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety
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3.25 avg rating — 8,125 ratings
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| 1094 |
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Small Circles
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Megan Duke (Goodreads Author)
4.44 avg rating — 84 ratings
score: 150,
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| 1094 |
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Silence (Silence, #1)
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Natasha Preston (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 33,795 ratings
score: 150,
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| 1099 |
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Eat, Pray, Love
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Elizabeth Gilbert (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 1,825,860 ratings
score: 149,
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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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