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Best Teen Books About Real Problems
Good teen books about real problems dealt with today
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Gilda Joyce: The Ghost Sonata (Gilda Joyce, #3)
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Jennifer Allison (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 1,989 ratings
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Not Otherwise Specified
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Hannah Moskowitz (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 1,635 ratings
score: 91,
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حصن المسلم: من أذكار الكتاب والسنة
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4.70 avg rating — 2,927 ratings
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Paper Girls #1
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4.08 avg rating — 3,458 ratings
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Indigosommer
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4.02 avg rating — 1,257 ratings
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Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
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Aspen Matis (Goodreads Author)
3.50 avg rating — 4,810 ratings
score: 91,
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Boy21
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Matthew Quick (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 10,856 ratings
score: 91,
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The Torn Skirt
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Rebecca Godfrey (Goodreads Author)
3.47 avg rating — 2,274 ratings
score: 91,
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Nenn mich Kai
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3.50 avg rating — 88 ratings
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Promising Azra
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Helen Thurloe (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 200 ratings
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Restart
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4.18 avg rating — 48,551 ratings
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Let It Go (Red and Lance, #1)
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4.28 avg rating — 65 ratings
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Healing with the Medicine of the Prophet
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4.30 avg rating — 1,494 ratings
score: 91,
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The Tragedy of Dane Riley
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3.57 avg rating — 195 ratings
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Farenheit 451
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3.97 avg rating — 2,747,330 ratings
score: 91,
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Don't Forget Me (Ridgewater High #2)
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Judy Corry (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 2,764 ratings
score: 91,
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Unser Haus steht längst in Flammen
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4.12 avg rating — 776 ratings
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Those We Drown
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Amy Goldsmith (Goodreads Author)
3.35 avg rating — 3,499 ratings
score: 91,
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Neuropathy No More: Blue Heron Health News
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4.28 avg rating — 54 ratings
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The Marrow Thieves
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3.94 avg rating — 42,504 ratings
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Death by Society (Death by Society, #1)
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3.55 avg rating — 228 ratings
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Lizzie at Last
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Claudia Mills (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 319 ratings
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Dancing on the Edge
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3.89 avg rating — 1,714 ratings
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Violet & Claire
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Francesca Lia Block (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 4,883 ratings
score: 90,
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Debbie Harry Sings in French
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Meagan Brothers (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 947 ratings
score: 90,
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Honey, Baby, Sweetheart
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Deb Caletti (Goodreads Author)
3.56 avg rating — 7,532 ratings
score: 90,
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Too Hurt to Stay: The True Story of a Troubled Boy’s Desperate Search for a Loving Home
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4.38 avg rating — 1,358 ratings
score: 90,
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Sammy Keyes and the Art of Deception (Sammy Keyes, #8)
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Wendelin Van Draanen (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 2,250 ratings
score: 90,
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The Nature of Jade
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Deb Caletti (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 11,472 ratings
score: 90,
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Friends With Boys
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Faith Erin Hicks (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 15,564 ratings
score: 90,
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Storky: How I Lost My Nickname and Won the Girl
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Debra Garfinkle (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 276 ratings
score: 90,
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أحلى حياة
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د.مصطفى إبراهيم زايد (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 152 ratings
score: 90,
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Okay for Now
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4.25 avg rating — 38,131 ratings
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Killer (Pretty Little Liars, #6)
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Sara Shepard (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 53,608 ratings
score: 90,
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Questions Young People Ask. Answers That Work
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4.27 avg rating — 531 ratings
score: 90,
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Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life (Scott Pilgrim, #1)
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Bryan Lee O'Malley (Writer, Artist)
4.19 avg rating — 214,699 ratings
score: 90,
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Down to the Bone
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Mayra Lazara Dole (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 2,844 ratings
score: 90,
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Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek
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Maya Van Wagenen (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11,897 ratings
score: 90,
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Sheltered Volume 1
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3.57 avg rating — 714 ratings
score: 90,
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Libellensommer
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4.09 avg rating — 1,505 ratings
score: 90,
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Sophie's World
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3.97 avg rating — 277,019 ratings
score: 90,
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Hunting Girls: Sexual Violence from The Hunger Games to Campus Rape
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Kelly Oliver (Goodreads Author)
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 81 ratings
score: 90,
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Laurinda
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Alice Pung (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 4,637 ratings
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Wrecked
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3.59 avg rating — 1,124 ratings
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Love, Hate and Other Filters
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Samira Ahmed (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 14,108 ratings
score: 90,
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Yoga Time
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4.79 avg rating — 52 ratings
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Protect My Heart
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Judy Corry (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 1,127 ratings
score: 90,
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The St. Ambrose School for Girls
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3.29 avg rating — 8,142 ratings
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Even If It Breaks Your Heart
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Erin Hahn (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 1,443 ratings
score: 90,
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Eat Stop Eat: Intermittent Fasting for Health and Weight Loss
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4.01 avg rating — 1,978 ratings
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Diary of a Witness
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Catherine Ryan Hyde (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 1,306 ratings
score: 89,
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The Tender Bar: A Memoir
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3.99 avg rating — 44,792 ratings
score: 89,
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The Sweet Gum Tree
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4.25 avg rating — 31,188 ratings
score: 89,
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Stay with Me
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Garret Weyr, also Freymann-Weyr (Goodreads Author)
3.47 avg rating — 1,030 ratings
score: 89,
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Ilium (Ilium, #1)
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4.04 avg rating — 31,945 ratings
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Where You Are (Between the Lines, #2)
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Tammara Webber (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 19,162 ratings
score: 89,
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I Miss Mummy
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4.45 avg rating — 4,581 ratings
score: 89,
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Touch Me
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3.13 avg rating — 172 ratings
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Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon a Project, Read Samuel Johnson, and My Other Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life
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Gretchen Rubin (Goodreads Author)
3.55 avg rating — 20,158 ratings
score: 89,
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Luisa Across the Bay
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Victoria Kahler (Goodreads Author)
4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Private Games (Private, #3)
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James Patterson (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 25,441 ratings
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الفتاوى
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4.24 avg rating — 133 ratings
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Crushed (Pretty Little Liars, #13)
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Sara Shepard (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 14,212 ratings
score: 89,
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Questions Young People Ask Answers That Work Volume 2
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4.42 avg rating — 415 ratings
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Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Scott Pilgrim, #2)
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Bryan Lee O'Malley (Writer, Artist)
4.24 avg rating — 73,046 ratings
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Gilda Joyce: The Dead Drop (Gilda Joyce, #4)
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Jennifer Allison (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 1,712 ratings
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Scent of Cloves
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3.90 avg rating — 359 ratings
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Gone, Gone, Gone
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Hannah Moskowitz (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 2,801 ratings
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Life in Outer Space
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Melissa Keil (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 6,138 ratings
score: 89,
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The 57 Bus
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Dashka Slater (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 42,850 ratings
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Amalia: Diary 3 (California Diaries, #14)
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3.69 avg rating — 259 ratings
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Early Days: Stories of the Beginning of Creation & the Early Prophet Adam to Yoonus
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4.48 avg rating — 120 ratings
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Lies Like Wildfire
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Jennifer Lynn Alvarez (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 3,703 ratings
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Canto Contigo
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Jonny Garza Villa (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 1,431 ratings
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The Okinawa Flat Belly Tonic System
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4.35 avg rating — 51 ratings
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It's an Aardvark-Eat-Turtle World
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3.66 avg rating — 400 ratings
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The Girl
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4.06 avg rating — 1,568 ratings
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The Wedding (The Notebook, #2)
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Nicholas Sparks (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 169,483 ratings
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氷点 下 [Hyōten ge]
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4.33 avg rating — 43 ratings
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Mummy Told Me Not to Tell
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4.38 avg rating — 6,044 ratings
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Going for It
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Elle Kennedy (Goodreads Author)
3.21 avg rating — 1,106 ratings
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The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Hogwarts Library, #3)
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4.03 avg rating — 508,482 ratings
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The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness
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4.22 avg rating — 96,008 ratings
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One or Two Things I Learned About Love
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3.19 avg rating — 455 ratings
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لماذا رفضت الماركسية؟
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3.28 avg rating — 1,403 ratings
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Burned (Pretty Little Liars, #12)
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Sara Shepard (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 17,281 ratings
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More Straight Talk: Answers to Questions Young People Ask About Alcohol
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American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
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4.03 avg rating — 139,403 ratings
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Bad Girl
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Blake Crouch (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 624 ratings
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Geliebte Brieffeindin: Ein E-mail- Roman
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Blueprint: Blaupause
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2.70 avg rating — 1,664 ratings
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Gives Light (Gives Light, #1)
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4.24 avg rating — 3,312 ratings
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Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
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4.31 avg rating — 26,852 ratings
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Ducky: Diary 3 (California Diaries, #15)
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3.60 avg rating — 273 ratings
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Riyad-us-Saliheen
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4.58 avg rating — 1,020 ratings
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Fast According to Quran & Sunna
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4.61 avg rating — 64 ratings
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My Life in the Fish Tank
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Barbara Dee (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 1,330 ratings
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Killer Content
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Kiley Roache (Goodreads Author)
3.50 avg rating — 2,036 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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