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Best Teen Books About Real Problems
Good teen books about real problems dealt with today
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Long Way Down
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4.25 avg rating — 133,865 ratings
score: 263,
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| 702 |
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Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard
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4.22 avg rating — 21,812 ratings
score: 262,
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| 702 |
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The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)
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Graeme Simsion (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 587,332 ratings
score: 262,
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| 704 |
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Violated: Mercy for Sexual Abuse (Mercy For, #4)
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4.10 avg rating — 39 ratings
score: 261,
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| 704 |
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Deep Wizardry (Young Wizards, #2)
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Diane Duane (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 16,789 ratings
score: 261,
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| 704 |
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Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles, #1)
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Kami Garcia (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 617,984 ratings
score: 261,
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| 707 |
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Butterface
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3.31 avg rating — 1,468 ratings
score: 260,
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| 707 |
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After Ever After
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4.21 avg rating — 11,621 ratings
score: 260,
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3 people voted
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| 709 |
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Then
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4.40 avg rating — 13,630 ratings
score: 259,
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| 709 |
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Winger (Winger, #1)
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4.04 avg rating — 23,096 ratings
score: 259,
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| 711 |
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Vegan, Virgin, Valentine (V Valentine, #1)
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Carolyn Mackler (Goodreads Author)
3.61 avg rating — 5,206 ratings
score: 258,
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| 712 |
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When You Reach Me
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4.08 avg rating — 115,606 ratings
score: 256,
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| 713 |
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The Entertainer and the Dybbuk
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3.59 avg rating — 572 ratings
score: 255,
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| 714 |
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Heavy Metal And You
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Christopher Krovatin (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 1,360 ratings
score: 254,
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| 715 |
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The Basketball Diaries
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3.99 avg rating — 31,542 ratings
score: 253,
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| 716 |
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Easy
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3.62 avg rating — 514 ratings
score: 251,
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| 716 |
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I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives
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Caitlin Alifirenka (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 29,311 ratings
score: 251,
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| 718 |
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Wreck This Journal
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Keri Smith (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 15,041 ratings
score: 250,
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| 719 |
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The Sword in the Stone (Once and Future King, #1)
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3.89 avg rating — 28,062 ratings
score: 249,
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3 people voted
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| 719 |
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Ali's Pretty Little Lies (Pretty Little Liars, #0.5)
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Sara Shepard (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 13,344 ratings
score: 249,
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The Female of the Species
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Mindy McGinnis (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 38,615 ratings
score: 249,
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| 722 |
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Getting Lost with Boys
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3.80 avg rating — 4,206 ratings
score: 248,
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| 722 |
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One Night That Changes Everything (One Night That Changes Everything, #1)
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Lauren Barnholdt (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 13,999 ratings
score: 248,
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| 722 |
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Isla and the Happily Ever After (Anna and the French Kiss, #3)
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Stephanie Perkins (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 119,048 ratings
score: 248,
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| 725 |
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Pants on Fire
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Meg Cabot (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 18,143 ratings
score: 247,
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3 people voted
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| 725 |
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Old Yeller
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4.10 avg rating — 102,698 ratings
score: 247,
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| 725 |
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Quidditch Through the Ages
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3.80 avg rating — 187,161 ratings
score: 247,
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4 people voted
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| 725 |
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P.S. I Love You (P.S. I Love You, #1)
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4.04 avg rating — 394,715 ratings
score: 247,
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| 729 |
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Kissing the Rain
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3.31 avg rating — 1,604 ratings
score: 246,
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| 729 |
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Paperweight
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Meg Haston (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 17,450 ratings
score: 246,
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3 people voted
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| 729 |
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Ramona Blue
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Julie Murphy (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 12,381 ratings
score: 246,
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3 people voted
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| 732 |
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Reached (Matched, #3)
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Ally Condie (Goodreads Author)
3.54 avg rating — 176,073 ratings
score: 245,
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3 people voted
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| 733 |
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Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1)
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Fisher Amelie (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 30,695 ratings
score: 242,
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3 people voted
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| 733 |
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The Ghost of You (The Ghost of You #1)
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Amanda Burckhard (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 79 ratings
score: 242,
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3 people voted
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| 735 |
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The Great Gilly Hopkins
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3.85 avg rating — 23,324 ratings
score: 238,
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4 people voted
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| 735 |
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The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
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Dan Brown (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 2,486,909 ratings
score: 238,
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4 people voted
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| 737 |
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The Amityville Horror
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3.83 avg rating — 136,554 ratings
score: 237,
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4 people voted
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| 738 |
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Dash & Lily's Book of Dares (Dash & Lily, #1)
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3.74 avg rating — 101,042 ratings
score: 236,
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| 738 |
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Ten Tiny Breaths (Ten Tiny Breaths, #1)
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K.A. Tucker (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 83,387 ratings
score: 236,
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3 people voted
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| 738 |
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The Pause
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John Larkin (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 1,092 ratings
score: 236,
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3 people voted
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| 741 |
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A Masque of Infamy
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Kelly Dessaint (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 77 ratings
score: 235,
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3 people voted
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| 741 |
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Martyn Pig
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3.54 avg rating — 3,389 ratings
score: 235,
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Inkheart (Inkworld, #1)
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Cornelia Funke (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 439,851 ratings
score: 235,
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4 people voted
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Just One Year (Just One Day, #2)
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Gayle Forman (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 45,023 ratings
score: 235,
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| 745 |
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Bitter Frost (Frost, #1)
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Kailin Gow (Goodreads Author)
3.51 avg rating — 3,534 ratings
score: 234,
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Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls
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Rachel Simmons (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 5,213 ratings
score: 234,
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3 people voted
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| 747 |
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The Murder of Bindy Mackenzie (Ashbury/Brookfield, #3)
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3.89 avg rating — 5,789 ratings
score: 233,
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Made of Stars
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Kelley York (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 1,305 ratings
score: 233,
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3 people voted
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| 749 |
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Harriet the Spy
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3.95 avg rating — 100,474 ratings
score: 231,
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Damage
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3.68 avg rating — 419 ratings
score: 230,
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| 750 |
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Nothing
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3.74 avg rating — 558 ratings
score: 230,
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3 people voted
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| 750 |
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Here's to You, Rachel Robinson
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Judy Blume (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 6,227 ratings
score: 230,
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5 people voted
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| 753 |
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Far from Xanadu
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3.69 avg rating — 4,007 ratings
score: 229,
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| 753 |
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Skinny
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Donna Cooner (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 8,116 ratings
score: 229,
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| 753 |
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Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
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Evan Roskos (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 4,096 ratings
score: 229,
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| 756 |
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Ordinary People
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3.93 avg rating — 22,846 ratings
score: 228,
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| 757 |
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Invisible
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3.84 avg rating — 2,645 ratings
score: 226,
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| 757 |
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Butter
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Erin Jade Lange (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 11,080 ratings
score: 226,
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| 759 |
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The Breakaway (The Breakaway, #1)
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Michelle D. Argyle (Goodreads Author)
3.53 avg rating — 2,856 ratings
score: 225,
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| 759 |
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Crooked Little Heart
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Anne Lamott (Goodreads Author)
3.61 avg rating — 5,498 ratings
score: 225,
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| 759 |
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A Voice in the Distance (Flynn Laukonen, #2)
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Tabitha Suzuma (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 541 ratings
score: 225,
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| 762 |
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I Am Not a Serial Killer (John Cleaver, #1)
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Dan Wells (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 41,376 ratings
score: 223,
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| 762 |
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Shadow of Night (All Souls, #2)
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Deborah Harkness (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 266,965 ratings
score: 223,
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The Diamond Girls
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3.75 avg rating — 7,317 ratings
score: 223,
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| 765 |
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I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1)
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Mason Deaver (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 53,834 ratings
score: 222,
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| 766 |
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Take Me There
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Susane Colasanti (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 11,212 ratings
score: 221,
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| 766 |
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Change of Heart
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Jodi Picoult (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 124,747 ratings
score: 221,
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| 768 |
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Locker 572
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L.T. Kodzo (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 159 ratings
score: 220,
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| 768 |
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Schindler’s List
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4.34 avg rating — 164,703 ratings
score: 220,
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| 770 |
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Divine
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Karen Kingsbury (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 12,885 ratings
score: 219,
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| 770 |
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The First Phone Call from Heaven
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Mitch Albom (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 70,897 ratings
score: 219,
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Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
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Leigh Bardugo (Goodreads Author)
4.46 avg rating — 1,116,175 ratings
score: 219,
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| 773 |
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Be More Chill
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3.56 avg rating — 16,565 ratings
score: 218,
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| 773 |
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Smile (Smile, #1)
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Raina Telgemeier (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 302,950 ratings
score: 218,
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| 775 |
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Krik? Krak!
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4.16 avg rating — 9,586 ratings
score: 217,
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| 776 |
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A Rose for Melinda
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Lurlene McDaniel (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 3,591 ratings
score: 216,
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| 776 |
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Flat-Out Love (Flat-Out Love, #1)
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Jessica Park (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 60,224 ratings
score: 216,
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| 778 |
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Ironman
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3.94 avg rating — 2,800 ratings
score: 215,
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| 779 |
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Gym Candy
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Carl Deuker (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 7,453 ratings
score: 214,
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| 780 |
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Bottled Up
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4.07 avg rating — 1,287 ratings
score: 213,
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| 781 |
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Knights of the Hill Country
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3.85 avg rating — 1,120 ratings
score: 212,
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| 781 |
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The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
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4.11 avg rating — 6,250 ratings
score: 212,
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| 783 |
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Pretty Little Liars Box Set (Pretty Little Liars, #1-4)
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Sara Shepard (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 7,858 ratings
score: 211,
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Matilda
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4.33 avg rating — 1,083,793 ratings
score: 211,
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| 785 |
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Bait
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Alex Sanchez (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 1,938 ratings
score: 208,
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| 785 |
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Leaving Home
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3.83 avg rating — 1,932 ratings
score: 208,
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| 787 |
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The Life of Glass
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Jillian Cantor (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 826 ratings
score: 207,
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| 787 |
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The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)
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4.11 avg rating — 378,056 ratings
score: 207,
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| 789 |
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Maybe Someday (Maybe, #1)
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Colleen Hoover (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 639,250 ratings
score: 204,
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| 789 |
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Falling into Place
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Amy Zhang (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 18,052 ratings
score: 204,
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| 791 |
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Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
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4.31 avg rating — 1,455,933 ratings
score: 203,
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| 792 |
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Death of a Salesman
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3.59 avg rating — 254,164 ratings
score: 202,
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| 793 |
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Arousing Love
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3.31 avg rating — 1,606 ratings
score: 200,
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| 793 |
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Outside the Box
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Dan Allosso (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 30 ratings
score: 200,
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| 793 |
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Me & Emma
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Elizabeth Flock (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 22,159 ratings
score: 200,
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| 793 |
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If I Could Be Like Jennifer Taylor 2nd edition
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Barbara Ehrentreu (Goodreads Author)
4.54 avg rating — 39 ratings
score: 200,
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| 793 |
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Facing Demons
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Ashley Sanders (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 40 ratings
score: 200,
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| 793 |
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As Simple as Snow
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3.69 avg rating — 2,980 ratings
score: 200,
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Life of the Party
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C. Erin Anderson (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 635 ratings
score: 200,
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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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