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Best Teen Books About Real Problems
Good teen books about real problems dealt with today
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Them Before Us: Why We Need a Global Children's Rights Movement
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4.51 avg rating — 643 ratings
score: 112,
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Across the Barricades (Kevin and Sadie, #2)
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3.67 avg rating — 2,042 ratings
score: 111,
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The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus, #2)
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Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author)
4.40 avg rating — 655,530 ratings
score: 111,
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The Boy Behind the Door: How Salomon Kool Escaped the Nazis (Holocaust Books for Young Adults)
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David Tabatsky (Goodreads Author)
4.61 avg rating — 51 ratings
score: 111,
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| 1205 |
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When Kambia Elaine Flew in from Neptune
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4.01 avg rating — 354 ratings
score: 109,
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The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1)
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Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 421,037 ratings
score: 109,
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Running for Shelter
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Suzette Sheft (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 133 ratings
score: 109,
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| 1208 |
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Kumquat May, I'll Always Love You
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3.45 avg rating — 47 ratings
score: 108,
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| 1208 |
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Gilda Joyce: Psychic Investigator (Gilda Joyce, #1)
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Jennifer Allison (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 5,578 ratings
score: 108,
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| 1210 |
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Jumped
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3.42 avg rating — 1,446 ratings
score: 107,
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| 1210 |
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Why True Love Waits: The Definitive Book on How to Help Your Kids Resist Sexual Pressure
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3.46 avg rating — 41 ratings
score: 107,
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| 1212 |
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More Than You Can Chew
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3.80 avg rating — 771 ratings
score: 106,
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The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)
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Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 225,267 ratings
score: 106,
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| 1214 |
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Angel Cake
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Cathy Cassidy (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 4,277 ratings
score: 105,
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| 1214 |
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What's Eating Gilbert Grape
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4.10 avg rating — 17,290 ratings
score: 105,
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Those Girls (Jinx, #1)
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3.02 avg rating — 171 ratings
score: 103,
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The Magic of Thinking Big
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4.26 avg rating — 98,404 ratings
score: 103,
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
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3.97 avg rating — 57,055 ratings
score: 103,
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Every You, Every Me
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David Levithan (Goodreads Author)
3.39 avg rating — 8,116 ratings
score: 103,
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Snail Mail, No More (Elizabeth and Tara*Starr, #2)
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3.82 avg rating — 2,250 ratings
score: 102,
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Defy the Stars
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3.83 avg rating — 158 ratings
score: 102,
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Out of Breath (Breathing, #3)
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Rebecca Donovan (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 50,891 ratings
score: 101,
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The Red Garden
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Alice Hoffman (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 24,978 ratings
score: 101,
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1984
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4.20 avg rating — 5,284,468 ratings
score: 101,
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The Lost Episodes of Beatie Scareli
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Ginnetta Correli (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 46 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Waiting to Score
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J.E. MacLeod (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 79 ratings
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1 person voted
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Return to Your First Love
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4.12 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Guardian of a Gangster
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It's Not About Me (Second Glances, #1)
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Michelle Sutton (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 99 ratings
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The Watcher
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3.49 avg rating — 1,636 ratings
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Manstealing for Fat Girls
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3.64 avg rating — 202 ratings
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1 person voted
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Character Concert
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Craig W. Dressler (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Greyhound
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Steffan Piper (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,092 ratings
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Practical Glamour: Presenting Your Most Beautiful & Polished Self to the World
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Constance Dunn (Goodreads Author)
3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Opposite of Chocolate
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3.26 avg rating — 196 ratings
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My Schizophrenic Life: The Road to Recovery from Mental Illness
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Sandra Yuen MacKay (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 42 ratings
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The Killing Jar
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Nicola Monaghan (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 596 ratings
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Musical Chairs
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4.17 avg rating — 414 ratings
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The Silk Tether
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3.53 avg rating — 229 ratings
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Waiting for Pops: A Journey from Boy to Man
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4.41 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Anna Begins
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Jennifer Davenport (Goodreads Author)
3.35 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Plain Jane
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3.67 avg rating — 21 ratings
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English Slacker
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Chris Morton (Goodreads Author)
3.58 avg rating — 38 ratings
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The Me Nobody Knew: A Story of Triumph for All Girls
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3.59 avg rating — 170 ratings
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Mercy Lily
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Lisa Albert (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 222 ratings
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Veronasongs (The Matadors, Book I)
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Simbarashe (Goodreads Author)
4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The Gods of Asphalt
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H.E. Ellis (Goodreads Author)
4.40 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Knife of Truth, Road to Megara
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3.68 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Eenie Meenie
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4.71 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Invincible Summer
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Hannah Moskowitz (Goodreads Author)
3.55 avg rating — 2,234 ratings
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Flying in Place
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 423 ratings
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Sundial (Light Bringer, #1)
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C.F. Fruzzetti (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 276 ratings
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Darwin's Children (Darwin's Children, #1)
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Natasha Larry (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 128 ratings
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The Chick Friends Rules! Freshman Year (The Chick Friends Rules! #1)
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Vici Howard (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 33 ratings
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The Wiccan Diaries (The Wiccan Diaries, #1)
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T.D. McMichael (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 129 ratings
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The Lucky Boy
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Caroline Gerardo (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 20 ratings
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The Latte Rebellion
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Sarah Jamila Stevenson (Goodreads Author)
3.26 avg rating — 638 ratings
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Father Of Emily
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Kristofer Oliver (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Aura
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Tracy Younker (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Perfectly Hopeless
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Holly Hood (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 320 ratings
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Savannah Jade
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Sandra Cimadori (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 22 ratings
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The Happiness Lottery
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Elizabeth Zinn (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Devil Latch
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3.57 avg rating — 138 ratings
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Neophyte (The Wiccan Diaries, #2)
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T.D. McMichael (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 72 ratings
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Stjerneskælv
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3.58 avg rating — 208 ratings
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Last Stop This Town
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David H. Steinberg (Goodreads Author)
3.26 avg rating — 266 ratings
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The Barefoot Warrior: The Journey of a Young Adult In Search of His True Nature
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Kyle Weaver (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Streamline
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Jennifer Lane (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 263 ratings
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Want (Want, #1)
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Stephanie Lawton (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 808 ratings
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Her Sister's Voice (Her Sister's Voice, #1)
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3.84 avg rating — 43 ratings
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Teenage Rewrite
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3.71 avg rating — 332 ratings
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Eden (Providence, #3)
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Jamie McGuire (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 17,513 ratings
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The Kiss Instructor
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3.91 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Mesmerized
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David-Matthew Barnes (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Penny Picklepants and the Twenty-Pickle Pie (Penny Picklepants, #1)
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3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Undeadly (The Reaper Diaries, #1)
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Michele Vail (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 2,815 ratings
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Bonehead Bootcamp (The Age of Amy, #1)
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Bruce Edwards (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 22 ratings
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The Valentine's Day Clue (Nayak Brothers, #1)
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Rupali Rajopadhye Rotti (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Merminia
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3.92 avg rating — 163 ratings
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Scott Kelly (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 352 ratings
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Bittersweet
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Sarah Ockler (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 12,347 ratings
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Dancing on the Inside
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Glen C. Strathy (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 143 ratings
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Hurricane (Hurricane #1)
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Jenna-Lynne Duncan (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 196 ratings
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Four Secrets
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Margaret Willey (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 464 ratings
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Nets and Lies
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Katie Ashley (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 2,430 ratings
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Ostrich Boys
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Keith Gray (Goodreads Author)
3.59 avg rating — 1,309 ratings
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Feedback
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D.L. Richardson (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 61 ratings
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Fame Place (Social Queens, #1)
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Yarrow Kae (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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And for Your Information… (Butterfly, #2)
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Denise Deegan (Goodreads Author)
4.40 avg rating — 391 ratings
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Bound Together
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Eliza Jane (Goodreads Author)
3.56 avg rating — 2,819 ratings
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16 on the Block
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4.43 avg rating — 1,047 ratings
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A Place in This Life
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Julie Rieman Duck (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 97 ratings
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Left on the Edge (Woodmere, #1)
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Sarah Richards (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Adventures of Jewel Cardwell
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Fumi Hancock (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Let Me Wear Your Coat
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John Basil (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The Jaws of the Vortex (Tales of the Kings of the Underworld, #1)
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Joe Hunt (Goodreads Author)
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The Tales of Mitch (Human Dinosaurs, #1)
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Outcast
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Susan Oloier (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 41 ratings
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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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