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Games by Carol Gorman
(FIC GOR)
(Realistic)
When high school rivals Boot Quinn and Mick Sullivan fight once too often, the new principal devises the punishment of having to play games together at his office, where they learn which battles are worth fighting.
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
(FIC FRE)
(Realistic)
The author’s first-hand account of his recovery from drug and alcohol addiction, beginning with his enrollment in a Minnesota rehabilitation center after a two-week blackout and ending with his rejection of all Twelve Step programs.
Med Head: My Knock-Down, Drag-Out, Drugged-up Battle With my Brain by James Patterson
(616.8 PAT)
A true story of Cory Friedman and his 13 battle with Tourette syndrome, numerous medications and treatments, and his family’s determination to find help for their son.
Hole in my Life by Jack Gantos
(B GAN)
(Biography)
The author relates how he became a drug user and smuggler, was arrested, did time in prison, and eventually got out and went to college, all the while hoping to become a writer.
The Death of Jayson Porter by Jaime Adoff
(FIC ADO)
(Realistic)
In the Florida projects, 16 year old Jayson struggles with the harsh realities of his life which includes an abusive mother, a drug addicted father, and not fitting in at his predominately white school, and bring him to the brink of suicide.
Persistence of Memory by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
(FIC ATW)
(Horror)
Diagnosed with schizophrenia as a child, 16 yr old Erin has spent half of her life in therapy and on drugs, but now must face the possibility of weird things in the real world, including shape shifting friends and her “alter,” a centuries-old vampire.

Candy by Kevin Brooks
(FIC BRO)
(Realistic)
Joe, an English boy from the right side of the tracks, is poised to get everything he has ever wanted, but he risks it all when he falls for Candy, and is drawn into her seedy dangerous world.
Smack by Melvin Burgess
(FIC BUR)
(Realistic)
After running away from their troubled homes, two English teenagers move in with a group of squatters in the port city of Bristol and try to find ways to support their growing addiction to heroin.
Hold Love Strong by Matthew Aaron Goodman
(FIC GOO)
(Realistic)
Abraham Singleton grows up in the Ever Park projects among the crack epidemic and HIV crisis of the 1980’s and tries to figure out how to achieve his dreams while his grandmother tries to hold the family together despite various hardships.
That Was Then, This is Now by S.E. Hinton
(FIC HIN)
(Realistic)
Sixteen-year-old Mark and Bryon have been like brother since childhood, but now, as their involvement with girls, gangs and drugs increases, their relationship seems to gradually disintegrate.
We All Fall Down: Living with Addiction by Nic Sheff
(362.29 SHE)
Sheff writes candidly about stints at in-patient rehab facilities, devastating relapses, and hard-won realizations about what it means to be a young person living with addiction.
Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through his Son’s Addiction
(362.29 SHE)
Journalist David Sheff tells the story of his son Nic's happy early childhood, the transformation wrought by Nic's addiction to methamphetamine, and his own obsession with Nic's well-being.

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Crank chronicles the turbulent and often disturbing relationship between Kristina and the "monster," the highly addictive drug crystal meth, or "crank." Kristina is introduced to the drug while visiting her largely absent and ne'er-do-well father. While under the influence of the monster, Kristina discovers her alter-ego, Bree. Soon, her grades plummet, her relationships with family and friends deteriorate, and she needs more and more of the monster just to get through the day.

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Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
(FIC SCO)
(Adventure)
Alice, a 15 year old girl, was abducted by Ray when she was 10, lives in fear of what he is going to do to her and hopes death will save her from the nightmare.
Tweak by Nic Sheff
(362.29 SHE)
The author describes his childhood in California, his addiction to crystal meth and heroin at a young age, his relapse after eighteen months of sobriety, and his path to recovery.
Blood Brothers by S.A. Harazin
(FIC HAR)
(Realistic)
With his best friend on life-support after taking drugs at a party, 17 year old Clay recalls their long friendship, future plans, and recent disagreement, and tries to figure out who is responsible for the accidental overdose.
Karma: a Novel in Verse by Cathy Ostlere
(FIC OST)
(Adventure)
In 1984, following her mother's suicide, 15-year-old Maya and her Sikh father travel to New Delhi from Canada to place her mother's ashes in their final resting place. On the night they arriv, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated, Maya and her father are separated when the city erupts in chaos, and Maya must rely on Sandeep, a boy she has just met, for survival.
Go Ask Alice
(FIC GO)
(Realistic)
Based on the diary of a fifteen-year-old drug user chronicling her struggle to escape the pull of the drug world.
Rucker Park Setup by Paul Volponi
(FIC VOL)
(Sports)
While playing in a crucial basketball game on the very court where his best friend was murdered, Mackey tries to come to terms with his own part in that murder and decide whether to maintain his silence or tell J.R.'s father and the police what really happened.

Chasing Tail Lights by Patrick Jones
(FIC JON)
(Realistic)
17-year-old Christy, sad since her father's death, ignored by her mother, and abused by her drug-dealing half-brother, finds friends who help her learn to stand up for herself and move past the old hurts and fears that are keeping her down.
Autobiography of my Dead Brother
by Walter Dean Myers
(FIC MYE)
(Realistic)
Jesse pours his heart and soul into his sketchbook to make sense of life in his troubled Harlem neighborhood and the loss of a close friend.
My Life and Death by Alexandra Carnarsie
by Susan O’Keefe
(FIC OKE)
(Mystery)
Escaping school and family problems in a cemetery, 14-year-old Allie begins attending strangers' funerals, which leads to her first real friendship and a mystery that she believes only she can solve.
Saint Iggy by K.L. Going
(FIC GOI)
(Realistic)
Iggy Corso, who lives in city public housing, is caught physically and spiritually between good and bad when he is kicked out of high school, goes searching for his missing mother, and causes his friend to get involved with the same dangerous drug dealer who deals to his parents.
Holdup by Terri Fields
(FIC FIE)
(Adventure)
Diverse teens each react differently to a busy shift at a Phoenix, Arizona, Burger Haven on a hectic Saturday night that culminates in a show-down with two armed robbers.
Spellbound by Janet McDonald
(FIC MCD)
(Realistic)
Raven, a teenage mother and high school dropout living in a housing project, decides to study for a spelling bee which could lead to a college preparatory program and four-year scholarship.
Raiders Night by Robert Lipsyte
(FIC LIP)
(Sports)
Matt Rydeck, co-captain of his high school football team, endures a traumatic season as he witnesses the rape of a rookie player by teammates and grapples with his own use of performance-enhancing drugs.
The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer
(FIC PFE)
(Sci-Fi)
After a meteor hits the moon and sets off a series of horrific climate changes, seventeen-year-old Alex Morales must take care of his sisters alone in the chaos of New York City.
Imani in Never Say Goodbye by Jackie Hardrick
(FIC HAR)
(Romance)
High school senior Imani has dreams of getting into Howard University on a basketball scholar; however, a broken wrist and the deception of one of her teammates propels her into a world of bad choices that takes everything she and her boyfriend can muster to overcome.
Crackback by John Coy
(FIC COY)
(Sports)
Miles barely recalls when football was fun after being sidelined by a new coach, constantly criticized by his father, and pressured by his best friend to take performance-enhancing drugs.
Looking for Alaska by John Green
(FIC GRE)
(Adventure)
Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash.