LibGuides: English Language Arts Grade 7: Mental Health

Recent Fiction Books in MS/HS Library: Mental Health

Turtles all the way down by John Green.
Call Number: F Realistic GREEN
Publication Date: 2017
Aza Holmes is a young woman navigating daily existence within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.
The Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson
Call Number: F Realistic THOMPSON
Publication Date: 2017
Emotionally crippled by his obsessive-compulsive disorder, teenager Matthew Corbin rarely leaves his room on a cul-de-sac in London, and he passes the day observing and writing down his neighbors doings from his window--but when a toddler staying next door disappears...
Let's Call It a Doomsday by Katie Henry
Call Number: F Realist HENRY
Publication Date: 2019
Ellis Kimball, sixteen, whose anxiety disorder causes her to prepare for the imminent end of the world, meets Hannah, who claims to know when it will happen
Love and Other Carnivorous Plants by Florence Gonsalves
Call Number: F Realist GONSALVES
Publication Date: 2018
Nineteen-year-old Danny returns home after a disastrous first semester of college as a pre-med student and struggles with first love, grief, identity, and self-destructive behavior
The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily by Laura Creedle
Call Number: F Romance CREEDLE
Publication Date: 2017
Lily, who has attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and Abelard, who has Asperger's, meet in detention and discover a mutual affinity for love letters--and, despite their differences, each other.

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Depression by Richard Spilsbury
Call Number: 616.85 SPI
Publication Date: 2019
An introduction to depression discussing symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, gene therapy, and more.
Living with OCD by Michelle Garcia Andersen
Call Number: 616.85 AND
Publication Date: 2019
Explores OCD, including the cause, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments.
Positively Teen by Nicola Morgan
Call Number: 305.235 MOR
Publication Date: 2019
A . . . guide to navigating the ups and downs of teen years and preparing for adulthood.
First, we make the beast beautiful : a new story about anxiety by Sarah Wilson.
Call Number: 616.85 WIL
Publication Date: 2018
The Chinese believe that before you can conquer a beast, you must first make it beautiful.' This Chinese proverb has been the key to Sarah Wilson understanding her own lifelong struggle with anxiety.