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41) 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...
43) 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...
46) Diary: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
47) 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.
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
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 640L
Physical Desc
xi, 258 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After committing suicide just before high school graduation, Ellie Walker haunts her home and school, reflecting on her life of domestic violence, friendship with August, and dreams of a writing career. Includes list of resources for people in crisis.
The day after Ellie dies by suicide, she finds herself in the midst of an out-of-body experience. She sways between past and present, retracing the events that unfolded prior to her death. There's her...
50) The rapids
Author
Series
Publisher
EPIC Escape, an imprint of EPIC Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
690L
Physical Desc
190 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Fourteen-year-old foster kid Tamika finds herself on the edge of the Missouri river in the grips of depression. A stray rock and some quick thinking puts her in the company of a young couple on a source-to-sea kayaking trip down the river. When the group faces the dangers of the river, Tamika must decide if she has the strength to fight for her own life" --
52) Standing strong
Author
Series
Publisher
7th Generation
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
950L
Physical Desc
iv, 115 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
After a failed suicide attempt, seventeen-year-old Rhonda Runningcrane is inspired to help a crew protesting against an oil company running a pipeline through sacred Native land in North Dakota.
53) Southern fried
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First mass market edition.
Physical Desc
471 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The family lawyer: Criminal defense attorney Matthew Hovanes is at the height of his career with a good marriage and popular athlete daughter Hannah, and smart computer whiz son Daniel. But their lives are shattered when a local girl commits suicide after being anonymously bullied--and Hannah is accused of cyber-stalking her. Convinced of Hannah's innocence, Matthew is determined to save his daughter from prison. But as he delves into the case, he...
Author
Series
Life on Earth volume 3
Publisher
Graphic Universe, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
HL 420L
Physical Desc
264 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The lives of the teenagers at Blithedale High intensify, as Claudia begins to tutor Nigel, Darren contemplates a major decision, and Paula wants to be more public in her relationship with Johanna.
57) Skim
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Lexile measure
GN 540L
Physical Desc
141 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Skim" (Kimberly Keiko Cameron) is a not-slim would-be Wiccan goth who goes to a private girls' school. When her classmate Katie is dumped by her boyfriend, who then kills himself, the entire school goes into mourning overdrive. The popular clique stars a club to boost school spirit, but Skim sinks into an ever-deepening depression.
Author
Publisher
Freida McFadden
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
521 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"I don't want to die like this. Not here, not now--in the anatomy lab on a Saturday night. I know I've done some bad things in my life, but I'm pretty sure I don't deserve this..." Nobody wants to go to a school nicknamed Suicide Med. One suicide. Every year. Heather McKinley has always dreamed of becoming a doctor. She doesn't even care about her medical school's grisly history of suicides--it can't happen to her. But after Heather's longtime boyfriend...
59) Bloodline
Author
Series
Dark roads volume 2
Publisher
Epic Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
HL 710L
Physical Desc
208 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In this map-your-destiny book you make the decisions as John Carlos Garcia, a boy who suffers depression to the point of self-harm, because he must keep his sexuality a secret. No one knows your secret except Issac, your boyfriend. You must reconcile who you are with your religious beliefs, all while trying to survive in a community and a family who see homosexuality as a sin." --
60) Heaven's note
Author
Publisher
Sigma's Bookshelf
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
70 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"13-year-old Melody Potter has decided to escape from the horrible reality of her life, but she doesn't want to run away alone. So, she convinces her best friend, Autumn, to come along. At first, they find themselves on a memorable adventure, enjoying their new found freedom. However, shortly after arriving in New York City, the careless choices they make -- that were driven by mental illness, depression, and anxiety -- cost them big. Will a trusted...