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Best Teen Books About Real Problems
Good teen books about real problems dealt with today
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The Dead Writer
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3.77 avg rating — 65 ratings
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All the Walls of Belfast
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Sarah Carlson (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 507 ratings
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The Girls
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Amy Goldman Koss (Goodreads Author)
3.26 avg rating — 952 ratings
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The New David Espinoza
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Fred Aceves (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 860 ratings
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The Sun King Dialogue: A Bold New Explanation Of Why The Universe Exists or Why Atheism Is Irrational
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Season of Migration to the North
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3.72 avg rating — 32,589 ratings
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Secrets of the Deep (Mermaid Chronicles, #1)
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Marisa Noelle (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 516 ratings
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Epic Fail
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Cristy Watson (Goodreads Author)
3.61 avg rating — 31 ratings
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The Stars and the Blackness Between Them
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Junauda Petrus (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 6,633 ratings
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Animal Farm / 1984
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4.30 avg rating — 212,489 ratings
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Ridgewater High Books 1-6 (Ridgewater High, #1-6)
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Judy Corry (Goodreads Author)
4.51 avg rating — 81 ratings
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Sincerely, Confusingly, Yours
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Hailey Gonzales (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Emilio
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Sophie Masson (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 30 ratings
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I'm Thinking of Ending Things
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Iain Reid (Goodreads Author)
3.52 avg rating — 191,273 ratings
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Jesse Sings: Searching for Family
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Victor Hess (Goodreads Author)
4.52 avg rating — 182 ratings
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The Truth Is
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NoNieqa Ramos (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 1,336 ratings
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Hearts Forged in Dragon Fire
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3.75 avg rating — 172 ratings
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Felix Ever After
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4.22 avg rating — 65,971 ratings
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We Didn't Ask for This
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Adi Alsaid (Goodreads Author)
3.36 avg rating — 503 ratings
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Unnecessary Drama
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Nina Kenwood (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 5,350 ratings
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A Broke Boy in a Rich Girl's Heart
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C.K. Dion (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Music of What Happens
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Bill Konigsberg (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 15,143 ratings
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The Stop Snoring And Sleep Apnea Program: Blue Heron Health News
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4.34 avg rating — 53 ratings
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The Unfortunates
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Kim Liggett (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 1,483 ratings
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If He Had Been With Me (If He Had Been with Me, #1)
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Laura Nowlin (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 550,204 ratings
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Afrotistic
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Kala Allen Omeiza (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 117 ratings
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The Traitor in the Game (A game of Life or Death #2)
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Triona Campbell (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 84 ratings
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The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
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3.87 avg rating — 374,467 ratings
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More Than Legend: A YA Historical Fantasy (More Than Life Book 2)
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Bethanie Finger (Goodreads Author)
4.59 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Shanghaied
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Jon Howe (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 33 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Pictures of Adam
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3.54 avg rating — 121 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Where It Stops, Nobody Knows
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3.81 avg rating — 324 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Invisible Touch
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Kelly Parra (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 190 ratings
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| 1931 |
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The chick friends rules! Junior year (Volume 3)
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Vici Howard (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Falling Apart
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3.36 avg rating — 170 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Dear Jo: The story of losing Leah ... and searching for hope.
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Christina Kilbourne (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 569 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Otomen, Vol. 1 (Otomen, #1)
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3.99 avg rating — 9,701 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Manga Messiah
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4.33 avg rating — 1,052 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Where It Began
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Ann Redisch Stampler (Goodreads Author)
3.39 avg rating — 3,559 ratings
score: 98,
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| 1931 |
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Spring Break (Summer, #4)
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Katherine Applegate (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 1,363 ratings
score: 98,
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| 1931 |
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Just My Type: A Book About Fonts
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3.95 avg rating — 60,868 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Zoe Letting Go
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Nora Price (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 2,186 ratings
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| 1931 |
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The Vanished (Blemished, #2)
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Sarah Dalton (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 841 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Captured (Serenity, #3)
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Marissa Farrar (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 310 ratings
score: 98,
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| 1931 |
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Double Clutch (Brenna Blixen, #1)
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Liz Reinhardt (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 6,779 ratings
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| 1931 |
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And Actually… (Butterfly, #3)
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Denise Deegan (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 246 ratings
score: 98,
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| 1931 |
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Girls Like Us
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4.36 avg rating — 4,809 ratings
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| 1931 |
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16 Isn't Always Sweet
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Cassandra Carter (Goodreads Author)
4.40 avg rating — 519 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Legends of the Lake
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Philip Nork (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 19 ratings
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1 person voted
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| 1931 |
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See You at Harry's
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Jo Knowles (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 13,783 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Into the Dark, Vol. 3 (Into the Dark, #3)
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Milly Silver (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 56 ratings
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| 1931 |
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The Thunder in His Head
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Gene Gant (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 70 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Fault Line
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Janet Tashjian (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 576 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Cameron and the Girls
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3.60 avg rating — 515 ratings
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| 1931 |
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The Lonely Hearts Club (The Lonely Hearts Club, #1)
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Elizabeth Eulberg (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 28,125 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Unclaimed Legacy (History Mystery #2)
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Deborah Heal (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 313 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Starlet's Run (The Starlet, #2)
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Carla J. Hanna (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 95 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Dying to Return (The Station #3)
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Trish Marie Dawson (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 726 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Kite Spirit
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3.66 avg rating — 468 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Cleaning House: A Mom's Twelve-Month Experiment to Rid Her Home of Youth Entitlement
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Kay Wills Wyma (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 2,955 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Arctic Shift (Denali Heat, #1)
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Lissa Matthews (Goodreads Author)
3.30 avg rating — 369 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Mistik Lake
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3.55 avg rating — 603 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Thai Kiss
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Matt Carrell (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 49 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Entangled
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Cat Clarke (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 6,793 ratings
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| 1931 |
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The Oracle of the Missing Dryad (The mis-adventures of Alyson Bell #3)
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4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Magic Marble
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4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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| 1931 |
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What's Not Broken
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3.90 avg rating — 271 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Can You Get An F In Lunch? (How I Survived Middle School, #1)
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4.22 avg rating — 4,548 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall
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Wendy Mass (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 6,082 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Minority of One (Farrington Tales #3)
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B.A. Binns (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings
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| 1931 |
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من وصايا الرسول صلى الله عليه و سلم : خمس و خمسون وصية
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حمزة محمد صالح عجاج (اعداد)
4.26 avg rating — 84 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Fifty Yards and Holding
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David-Matthew Barnes (Goodreads Author)
3.22 avg rating — 40 ratings
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| 1931 |
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The Stepsister
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Trisha Grace (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Heartless (Pretty Little Liars, #7)
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Sara Shepard (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 45,105 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Poetry (The Wine Seasons, #2)
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| 1931 |
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Beyond
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Ava Bloomfield (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Ruby (Between the Cracks, #1)
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P.D. Workman (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 123 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Losing Lauren (Lauren, #2)
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Jordan Deen (Goodreads Author)
4.60 avg rating — 30 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Slept Away
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3.49 avg rating — 515 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Guitar Notes
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Mary Amato (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 6,354 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Cody: Clicking Beat on the Brink of Nada
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3.95 avg rating — 371 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Lost in Tokyo
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Jenny Lynne (Goodreads Author)
3.45 avg rating — 125 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Heartbeat
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3.94 avg rating — 10,403 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Kyland
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Mia Sheridan (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 34,942 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Closed for the Season
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Mary Downing Hahn (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 7,458 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Beast Master, Vol. 1 (Beast Master, #1)
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4.18 avg rating — 26,177 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Secrets: You Tell Me Yours and I'll Tell You Mine Maybe
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Barbara Becker Holstein (Goodreads Author)
4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Ondskan
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3.81 avg rating — 11,834 ratings
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| 1931 |
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The Last Summer of Us
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Maggie Harcourt (Artist)
3.37 avg rating — 957 ratings
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| 1931 |
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100 سؤال وجواب في الفقة الإسلامي
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4.31 avg rating — 141 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Self Inflicted
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Harley Turner (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Rarity
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D.A. Roach (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 167 ratings
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| 1931 |
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The Forty Rules of Love
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Elif Shafak (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 198,835 ratings
score: 98,
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| 1931 |
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Born Wrong?: A Transgender Teen's Journey
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David Matheny (Goodreads Author)
3.43 avg rating — 14 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Push Girl
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3.93 avg rating — 501 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Another Life (When I Was Joe, #3)
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Keren David (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 205 ratings
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| 1931 |
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Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories (Wonder #1.5, 1.6, 1.7)
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4.27 avg rating — 40,803 ratings
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| 1931 |
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The Intruders
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2.48 avg rating — 33 ratings
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| 1931 |
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This Quiet Sky
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Joanne Bischof (Goodreads Author)
4.46 avg rating — 698 ratings
score: 98,
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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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