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1) Absent
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
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
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 24
Description
Until the phone calls came at 3:00 a.m. on a November morning, the Golds and their neighbors, the Hartes, had been inseparable. It was no surprise to anyone when their teenage children, Chris and Emily, began showing signs that their relationship was moving beyond that of lifelong friends. But now seventeen-year-old Emily has been shot to death by her beloved and devoted Chris as part of an apparent suicide pact leaving two devastated families stranded...
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Description
The five Lisbon sisters are brought up in a strict household, and when the youngest kills herself, the oppression of the remaining sisters intensifies. As Therese, Mary, Bonnie and Lux are pulled deeper into isolation by their domineering mother, a group of neighborhood boys become obsessed with liberating the sisters. But what the boys don't know is, the Lisbon girls are beyond saving
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
For young people, leading a healthy lifestyle requires education and empowerment. In Understanding Suicide, readers will explore the history and social aspects of suicide, teen suicide, and ways to help themselves and others. Sidebars challenge and expand readers' thinking while relating topics to 21st Century skills and themes--from creativity and innovation to financial literacy. Book also includes a table of contents, author biography, glossary,...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Between 2006 and 2016, the teen suicide rate in America increased by 70 percent. Suicide has become one of the leading causes of death for American teens, and many young people must contend with their own suicidal thoughts alongside the life-shattering consequences of classmates, friends, and family members dying by suicide. This must-have volume is filled with resources for how to manage depression and suicidal impulses, as well as how to heal from...
9) Skim
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
"Skim" is Kimberly Keiko Cameron, a not-slim, would-be Wiccan goth who goes to a private girls' school in the early '90s. When her classmate Katie Matthews is dumped by her boyfriend, who then kills himself, the entire school goes into mourning overdrive. Suicide, depression, love, homosexuality, crushes, cliques of popular, manipulative peers-- the whole gamut of teen life is explored in this poignant glimpse into the heartache of being 16.
10) Jay's journal
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Jay's journal reveals his growing involvement with witchcraft before his suicide at age 16.
12) Girl on the line
Author
Pub. Date
2021.]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Journey hadn't planned for a future, but when her suicide attempt fails she finds the life she never meant to live challenging in more ways than before: her parents don't trust her, her friends have moved on for their own good, her bipolar disorder is overwhelming. At odds with herself and lacking concrete goals, she begins volunteering at a local helpline, where she finds a community as strong yet broken as she is.
13) Bang: a novel
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Description
A chunk of old memory, adrift in a pool of blood. Sebastian Cody did something horrible, something no one--not even Sebastian himself--can forgive. At the age of four, he accidentally shot and killed his infant sister with his father's gun. Now, ten years later, Sebastian has lived with the guilt and horror for his entire life. With his best friend away for the summer, Sebastian has only a new friend--Aneesa--to distract him from his darkest thoughts....
15) Suicide
Author
Pub. Date
1990
Description
Examines the historic and legal views of suicide, the reasons that people turn to suicide, and how suicide may be prevented.
17) Aimee: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Description
After she is accused of playing a role in her best friend's death, a young woman battles depression, anger, guilt, loneliness, and the problems of her own family as well as those of the families of her old friends.
18) Teen suicide
Author
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Examines some of the causes of suicide among teenagers and discusses ways to recognize potential victims and prevent this tragedy.
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