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Best Teen Books About Real Problems
Good teen books about real problems dealt with today
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Just Like Ice Cream
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Lissa Halls Johnson (Creator)
3.72 avg rating — 239 ratings
score: 63,
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How It Feels to Float
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3.81 avg rating — 20,911 ratings
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Begin Again
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Emma Lord (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 14,133 ratings
score: 63,
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Girl, Barely 15: Flirting for England (Jess Jordan, #0.5)
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3.63 avg rating — 1,164 ratings
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The Impossible Vastness of Us
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Samantha Young (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 5,125 ratings
score: 63,
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In Country
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3.59 avg rating — 2,866 ratings
score: 62,
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Mummy Knew
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4.24 avg rating — 2,948 ratings
score: 62,
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Breaking Nova (Nova, #1)
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Jessica Sorensen (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 12,301 ratings
score: 62,
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Even if It Kills Me
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3.64 avg rating — 995 ratings
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You Wouldn't Dare
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Samantha Markum (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 1,527 ratings
score: 62,
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Girl, Going on 17: Pants on Fire (Jess Jordan, #3)
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3.73 avg rating — 1,259 ratings
score: 62,
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The Moment
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T.C. Anderson (Goodreads Author)
4.40 avg rating — 625 ratings
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Run, Mummy, Run
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4.36 avg rating — 2,465 ratings
score: 61,
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Conversations with Teen Entrepreneurs: Success Secrets of the Younger Generation
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0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Burn for Burn (Burn for Burn, #1)
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Jenny Han (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 35,092 ratings
score: 61,
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Under the Duvet: Shoes, Reviews, Having the Blues, Builders, Babies, Families and Other Calamities
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3.53 avg rating — 7,243 ratings
score: 61,
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Boot Camp
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Todd Strasser (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 6,009 ratings
score: 61,
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No Fixed Address
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3.45 avg rating — 29 ratings
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The Cherished
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Patricia Ward (Goodreads Author)
3.08 avg rating — 664 ratings
score: 61,
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Girl, 16: Five Star Fiasco (Jess Jordan, #4)
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3.77 avg rating — 279 ratings
score: 61,
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Lucas (Preston Brothers, #1)
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Jay McLean (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 13,295 ratings
score: 61,
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Emily's Secret
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3.70 avg rating — 43 ratings
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Angels (Walsh Family, #3)
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3.75 avg rating — 38,831 ratings
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Touch
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Francine Prose (Goodreads Author)
2.98 avg rating — 984 ratings
score: 60,
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Rez Rebel
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Melanie Florence (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 24 ratings
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The Grace of Wild Things
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Heather Fawcett (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 5,235 ratings
score: 60,
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If They Come for Us
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4.23 avg rating — 8,166 ratings
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| 2822 |
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It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
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Colleen Hoover (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 4,454,396 ratings
score: 60,
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Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
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3.91 avg rating — 12,795 ratings
score: 59,
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2 people voted
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Mental Toughness: Understanding the Game of Life
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4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
score: 59,
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The Other Side of the Story
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3.80 avg rating — 45,454 ratings
score: 59,
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Divided City
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3.55 avg rating — 625 ratings
score: 59,
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1 person voted
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Winter Road
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Kristin Butcher (Goodreads Author)
3.35 avg rating — 17 ratings
score: 59,
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1 person voted
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City of Nightmares
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Rebecca Schaeffer (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 7,050 ratings
score: 59,
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So Much More
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Kim Holden (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 6,239 ratings
score: 59,
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1 person voted
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The Disenchantments
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Nina LaCour (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 9,187 ratings
score: 58,
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2 people voted
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Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married
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3.78 avg rating — 51,293 ratings
score: 58,
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Bad Alice
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3.71 avg rating — 191 ratings
score: 58,
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Weyward
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Emilia Hart (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 350,200 ratings
score: 58,
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Me and Orson Welles
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3.48 avg rating — 590 ratings
score: 57,
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The Real Deal: A Spiritual Guide for Black Teen Girls
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3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings
score: 57,
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Wildthorn
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3.65 avg rating — 4,482 ratings
score: 57,
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Megan: No. 3
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3.47 avg rating — 202 ratings
score: 57,
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Road of the Lost
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Nafiza Azad (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 381 ratings
score: 57,
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The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)
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Dan Gemeinhart (Goodreads Author)
4.45 avg rating — 31,227 ratings
score: 57,
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Kim: Empty Inside: The Diary of an Anonymous Teenager
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3.25 avg rating — 832 ratings
score: 56,
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Playbook for Christian Manhood: 12 Key Plays for Black Teen Boys
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3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
score: 56,
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Ashes to Ashes (Burn for Burn, #3)
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Jenny Han (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 16,252 ratings
score: 56,
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Run, Rebel
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Manjeet Mann (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 1,951 ratings
score: 56,
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The Rosewood Hunt
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Mackenzie Reed (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 4,050 ratings
score: 56,
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| 2851 |
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What We Hide
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Marthe Jocelyn (Goodreads Author)
3.08 avg rating — 362 ratings
score: 55,
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28 Tage lang
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4.28 avg rating — 4,421 ratings
score: 55,
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Mahalia
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3.63 avg rating — 264 ratings
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Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1)
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Roshani Chokshi (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 28,241 ratings
score: 55,
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The Library of Shadows
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Rachel Moore (Goodreads Author)
3.57 avg rating — 5,248 ratings
score: 55,
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Dear Mrs. Fitzsimmons: Tales of Redemption from an Irish Mailbox
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3.39 avg rating — 509 ratings
score: 54,
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Still Missing
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Chevy Stevens (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 102,728 ratings
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Der Junge muss an die frische Luft: Meine Kindheit und ich
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4.20 avg rating — 1,832 ratings
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Dancing Naked
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Shelley Hrdlitschka (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 708 ratings
score: 54,
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The Secret Garden
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4.17 avg rating — 1,271,287 ratings
score: 54,
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The Map of Salt and Stars
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Zeyn Joukhadar (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 20,247 ratings
score: 54,
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Hatchet Girls
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Diana Rodriguez Wallach (Goodreads Author)
3.56 avg rating — 1,030 ratings
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Erebos (Erebos, #1)
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4.08 avg rating — 27,944 ratings
score: 53,
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Girldom
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4.54 avg rating — 48 ratings
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Their Vicious Games
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Joelle Wellington (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 14,452 ratings
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| 2866 |
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Dangerous Angels (Weetzie Bat, #1-5)
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Francesca Lia Block (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 9,034 ratings
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What Your Mama Never Told You: True Stories About Sex and Love
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Tara Roberts (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 34 ratings
score: 52,
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Checkmate
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3.73 avg rating — 49 ratings
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Tom's Midnight Garden
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4.05 avg rating — 27,569 ratings
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Holly Horror (Holly Horror, #1)
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Michelle Jabès Corpora (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 664 ratings
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The Keys: The Textbook to a Successful Life
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2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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White Hell of Pity
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3.81 avg rating — 54 ratings
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The Originals
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Cat Patrick (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 5,436 ratings
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The Toll Bridge
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3.70 avg rating — 653 ratings
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1,001 Things To Worry About
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Rupert Hatton's Tale
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3.87 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Alice In-Between (6)
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Live Through This
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Mindi Scott (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 1,752 ratings
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There's Someone Inside Your House
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Stephanie Perkins (Goodreads Author)
3.39 avg rating — 45,036 ratings
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Keep It Simple and Smart
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Alice the Brave (7)
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3.93 avg rating — 1,826 ratings
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Sex & Violence
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Carrie Mesrobian (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 2,344 ratings
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Feng Shui Workbook for Teens
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Charlotte
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3.97 avg rating — 204 ratings
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Sometimes Never, Sometimes Always
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Elissa Janine Hoole (Goodreads Author)
3.40 avg rating — 223 ratings
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Exposed
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Susan Vaught (Goodreads Author)
3.54 avg rating — 724 ratings
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Emergency Contact
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3.63 avg rating — 46,003 ratings
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I Woke Up in Love This Morning
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Jennifer Kathleen Gibbons (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 77 ratings
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The Laugh Out Loud Guide: Ace the SAT Exam without Boring Yourself to Sleep!
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Afternoon of an Autocrat
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None of the Above
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I.W. Gregorio (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 14,131 ratings
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Broken Harbour
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Tana French (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 108,422 ratings
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Alice on the Outside (11)
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3.96 avg rating — 1,401 ratings
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Faithful Place
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Tana French (Goodreads Author)
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The Off Season (Dairy Queen, #2)
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3.94 avg rating — 11,350 ratings
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Big Time
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3.55 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Rage: A Love Story
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The Likeness
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Tana French (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 176,384 ratings
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Fourteen
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3.63 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Bride of New France
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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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