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Best Teen Books About Real Problems
Good teen books about real problems dealt with today
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#Lured (#NorthStar #2)
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Jo Schneider (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Love from A to Z
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S.K. Ali (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 23,260 ratings
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Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet
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4.19 avg rating — 7,086 ratings
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What Are You Afraid Of?: Stories about Phobias
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Donald R. Gallo (Editor)
3.48 avg rating — 161 ratings
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Kissing the Boy Next Door (Sweet Water High, #3)
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Judy Corry (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 1,100 ratings
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Bread and Roses, Too
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3.78 avg rating — 2,692 ratings
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Lyla
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3.82 avg rating — 105 ratings
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Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls
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Lynn Weingarten (Goodreads Author)
3.40 avg rating — 19,586 ratings
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A Curse of Roses
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Diana Pinguicha (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 1,512 ratings
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Songs for Libby
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Annette K. Larsen (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 205 ratings
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Catch Me If I Fall
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3.78 avg rating — 631 ratings
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Selfie
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Allayne L. Webster (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 129 ratings
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The Brain Booster: Blue Heron Health News
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4.30 avg rating — 50 ratings
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Other Side of the Tracks
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Charity Alyse (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 222 ratings
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Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors
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Sundae Girl
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Cathy Cassidy (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 4,488 ratings
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Guantanamo Boy
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3.76 avg rating — 1,494 ratings
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ココにいるよ！（１） (Koko ni Iru Yo!, #1)
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4.09 avg rating — 2,899 ratings
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Bastard Out of Carolina
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4.14 avg rating — 47,243 ratings
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Imagine: How Creativity Works
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Jonah Lehrer (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 52,380 ratings
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The Keeping (Law of the Lycans, #2)
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Nicky Charles (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 16,464 ratings
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Step To This (So For Real, #1)
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4.38 avg rating — 212 ratings
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You Know Where to Find Me
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3.24 avg rating — 1,613 ratings
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The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1)
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Brent Weeks (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 175,333 ratings
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Twenty Weeks (Twenty Weeks, #1)
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Melisa M. Hamling (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 792 ratings
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Pure Wisdom: The Simple Things That Transform Everyday Life
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3.78 avg rating — 156 ratings
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The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #2)
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Michelle Hodkin (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 102,179 ratings
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Artichoke Hearts
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3.84 avg rating — 1,607 ratings
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The Secret Promise: Return of the Wishing Star (mis-adventures of Alyson Bell #6)
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4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Lullabies for Little Criminals
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Heather O'Neill (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 29,294 ratings
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City of Lights: The Trials and Triumphs of Ilyse Charpentier
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3.69 avg rating — 32 ratings
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45 Pounds
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K.A. Barson (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 5,324 ratings
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حوار الإيمان والإلحاد
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2.71 avg rating — 66 ratings
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1 Litre of Tears
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4.15 avg rating — 5,434 ratings
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Show Jumping Team
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Clare O'Beara (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Love That Dog (Jack, #1)
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4.04 avg rating — 47,686 ratings
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Tiger's Curse (The Tiger Saga, #1)
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Colleen Houck (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 66,921 ratings
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Wishing: Diaries of a Teen Pregnancy
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3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Everything We Shut Our Eyes To
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Gene Gant (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Top Ten Clues You're Clueless
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Liz Czukas (Goodreads Author)
3.60 avg rating — 2,844 ratings
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How to Repair a Mechanical Heart (Mechanical Hearts, #1)
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J.C. Lillis (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 3,052 ratings
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True Love Waits
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Mark DeVries (Editor)
3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Dead Is Just A Rumor (Dead Is, #4)
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Marlene Perez (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 4,756 ratings
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قوة التحكم في الذات
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3.83 avg rating — 4,747 ratings
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Red Sea
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3.55 avg rating — 110 ratings
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Nick Vujicic's Lessons for Success: How to Live Beyond Arms & Legs
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4.61 avg rating — 38 ratings
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The Art of Not Breathing
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Sarah Alexander (Goodreads Author)
3.57 avg rating — 2,284 ratings
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Flüsternde Schatten (Libri Mortis, #1)
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3.93 avg rating — 264 ratings
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Nora & Kettle (Paper Stars, #1)
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Lauren Nicolle Taylor (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 1,715 ratings
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Dear Vincent
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Mandy Hager (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 494 ratings
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Moonrise
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Sarah Crossan (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 9,164 ratings
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FIRST HALF: Super Indy
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4.77 avg rating — 70 ratings
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The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett
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Chelsea Sedoti (Goodreads Author)
3.12 avg rating — 15,287 ratings
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Trial by Fire (Worldwalker, #1)
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Josephine Angelini (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 18,764 ratings
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Tell Me
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3.86 avg rating — 1,713 ratings
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#Seen (#NorthStar #1)
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Taylor Hart (Goodreads Author)
4.62 avg rating — 56 ratings
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How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs: The Destruction of the Syrian Arab Kingdom in 1920 and the Rise of Anti-Liberal Islamism
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4.26 avg rating — 235 ratings
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In Defence of the True Faith
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4.36 avg rating — 45 ratings
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Locked Up
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Cristy Watson (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings
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My Mistletoe Mix-Up (Ridgewater High #5)
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Judy Corry (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 1,560 ratings
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The Gravity of Missing Things
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Marisa Urgo (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 728 ratings
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The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn
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Sally J. Pla (Goodreads Author)
4.52 avg rating — 2,421 ratings
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The Migraine And Headache Program: Blue Heron Health News
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4.35 avg rating — 55 ratings
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The Closest I've Come
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Fred Aceves (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 539 ratings
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Chanda's Wars (Chanda, #2)
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Allan Stratton (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 621 ratings
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Billy
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3.80 avg rating — 20 ratings
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The Spell Book of Listen Taylor
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3.55 avg rating — 1,677 ratings
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Breathless
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3.66 avg rating — 3,589 ratings
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Among the Hidden (Shadow Children, #1)
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3.99 avg rating — 130,140 ratings
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This Place Has No Atmosphere
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3.85 avg rating — 1,788 ratings
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Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead
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Shades of the Future
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Suzanne Lilly (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 27 ratings
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An Object of Beauty
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Steve Martin (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 112,459 ratings
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The Mating (Law of the Lycans, #1)
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Nicky Charles (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 28,982 ratings
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When Pigs Fly
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4.23 avg rating — 238 ratings
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Missing Judy
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3.76 avg rating — 908 ratings
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The Rescue
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Nicholas Sparks (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 211,786 ratings
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The Best Man (Blue Heron, #1)
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Kristan Higgins (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 31,270 ratings
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The Night I Disappeared
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3.86 avg rating — 1,280 ratings
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What I Didn't Say
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Keary Taylor (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 7,680 ratings
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حوار مع صديقي الملحد
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3.88 avg rating — 35,118 ratings
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Forever Changes
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Brendan Halpin (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 563 ratings
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Rodeo Finn
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Clare O'Beara (Goodreads Author)
4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Baby Blue
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3.86 avg rating — 214 ratings
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Dead Is a State of Mind (Dead Is, #2)
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Marlene Perez (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 6,870 ratings
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أسامة بن زيد: أصغر قائد في الإسلام
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3.58 avg rating — 139 ratings
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Sing Me to Sleep
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Angela Morrison (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 6,515 ratings
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Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
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Elizabeth Gilbert (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 230,182 ratings
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The Manifesto on How to Be Interesting
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Holly Bourne (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 9,118 ratings
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Rotkäppchen muss weinen
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End of Days (Penryn & the End of Days, #3)
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Susan Ee (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 73,237 ratings
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Rolltreppe abwärts
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Beyond the Chocolate War (Chocolate War, #2)
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Jumping the Scratch
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The Longest Whale Song
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Aya of Yop City (Aya, #2)
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Fig Pudding
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Sadie
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Courtney Summers (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 128,608 ratings
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I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
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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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