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41) List of ten
Author
Publisher
Sterling Teen
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
590L
Physical Desc
353 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A suicidal teen fighting the symptoms of Tourette syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder creates a bucket list of ten goals to achieve by the tenth anniversary of his diagnosis, before a newcomer with her own troubled history unknowingly offers him more hopeful perspectives.
Ten: three little letters, one ordinary number. No big deal, right? But for Troy Hayes, a 16-year-old suffering from Tourette Syndrome and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A gifted and reclusive ghostwriter, Alice Lovett makes a living helping other people tell their stories. But she is haunted by the one story she cannot tell: the story of, as she puts it, 'the things that happened while I was asleep.' Back in 1999, Nick Brothers and his high school lacrosse team return for their senior year in a well-to-do Baltimore suburb as the reigning state champs. The afterglow of their big win is bound to last until graduation;...
43) For one more day
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen and full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chick Benetto, a broken-down former baseball player who has collapsed into alcoholism and despair, returns one night to his small hometown with plans to take his life. At the final moment, he is magically granted one more day with his departed mother, Posey Benetto, who illuminates the secrets of both their lives and shows him a way to redemption.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"By all appearances, Frank and Maggie share a happy, loving marriage. But for the past six months, they have not spoken. Not a sentence, not a single word. Maggie isn't sure what, exactly, provoked Frank's silence, though she has a few ideas... Then Frank finds Maggie collapsed in the kitchen, unconscious, an empty package of sleeping pills on the table. Rushed to the hospital, she is placed in a medically induced coma while the doctors assess the...
45) Worry: a novel
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's March of 2019, and twenty-eight-year-old Jules Gold--anxious, artistically frustrated, and internet-obsessed--has been living alone in the apartment she once shared with the man she thought she'd marry when her younger sister Poppy comes to crash. Indefinitely. Poppy is a year out from a suicide attempt only Jules knows about, and as she searches for work and meaning in Brooklyn, Jules spends her days hate-scrolling the feeds of Mormon mommy...
48) A long way down
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Meet Martin, JJ, Jess, and Maureen. Four people who come together on New Year's Eve: a former TV talk show host, a musician, a teenage girl, and a mother. Three are British, one is American. They encounter one another on the roof of Topper's House, a London destination famous as the last stop for those ready to end their lives. This is a tale of connections made and missed, punishing regrets, and the grace of second chances.
49) Scent of a woman
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (157 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hoping to earn extra money, an innocent and reserved scholarship student at an exclusive prep school agrees to look after a blind, retired Lieutenant Colonel, who takes him off for a wild weekend in New York City.
51) Travelers rest
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Large print ed.
Physical Desc
351 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
A story about faith and prayer centers around a young woman determined to honor her commitment, an injured soldier who is contemplating suicide, and a retired doctor who is certain that it is too late to be forgiven.
Jane's faith has never been strong, yet she hopes God will answer her prayers. She's engaged to Seth Ballantine, a member of the National Guard's 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team. He's returned from Iraq severely wounded. Jane hasn't seen...
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
210 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twenty-four-year-old Veronika seems to have everything -- youth and beauty, boyfriends and a loving family, a fulfilling job. But something is missing in her life. So, one cold November morning, she takes a handful of sleeping pills expecting never to wake up. But she does -- at a mental hospital where she is told that she has only days to live. Inspired by events in Coelho's own life, Veronika Decides to Die questions the meaning of madness and celebrates...
53) The gatekeepers
Author
Publisher
Harlequin Books Teen
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
452 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Anyone passing through North Shore, Illinois, would think it was the most picture-perfect place ever, with all the lakefront mansions and manicured hedges and iron gates. No one talks about the fact that the brilliant, talented kids in town have a terrible history of throwing themselves in front of commuter trains.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"One cold fall day, high school junior Liz Emerson steers her car into a tree. This haunting and heartbreaking story is told by a surprising and unexpected narrator and unfolds in nonlinear flashbacks even as Liz's friends, foes, and family gather at the hospital and Liz clings to life" --
Author
Publisher
McSweeney's Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014].
Physical Desc
317 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Elfrieda, a world-renowned pianist, glamorous, wealthy, happily married: she wants to die. Yolandi, divorced, broke, sleeping with the wrong men as she tries to find true love: she desperately wants to keep her older sister alive. But Elf's latest suicide attempt is a shock: she is three weeks away from the opening of her highly anticipated international tour. Can she be nursed back to "health" in time? Does it matter? As the situation becomes ever...
56) Diary: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
57) Absent
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
180 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Paige Wheeler died in a fall off the high school roof and now her spirit seems bound to the school grounds, along with Brooke and Evan, two other teen ghosts who died there--but maybe if she can solve the mystery of her apparent suicide they will all be able to move on.
58) Better off dead
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After his girlfriend ditches him for a boorish ski jock, Lane decides that suicide is the only answer. However, his increasingly inept attempts only bring him more agony and embarrassment. Filled with the wildest teen nightmares, a family you can't help but identify with, and a host of wonderful comic characters, Savage Steve Holland's writing/directorial debut is a masterful look at those painfully funny teen years.
Author
Publisher
Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
299 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Last month Elin tried to kill herself. Her parents found her in time, and now it's like it never happened. Jenna, Rosie, and Ket will do anything to keep Elin's secret-- and make sure it never happens again. That's why they're determined to make prom the perfect night. The night that convinces Elin that life is worth living. Except, at prom, Elin goes missing. And Jenna, Rosie and Ket must face their own demons during this life-changing night. --...
Author
Pub. Date
1990
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
84 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Styron's stirring account of his plunge into a crippling depression, and his inspiring road to recovery In the summer of 1985, William Styron became numbed by disaffection, apathy, and despair, unable to speak or walk while caught in the grip of advanced depression. His struggle with the disease culminated in a wave of obsession that nearly drove him to suicide, leading him to seek hospitalization before the dark tide engulfed him. Darkness...