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1) Skim
Author
Language
English
Description
16-year-old "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 starts a club to boost school spirit, but Skim sinks into an ever-deepening depression.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Laura Dean, the most popular girl in high school, was Frederica Riley's dream girl, but Freddy is learning she is not the best girlfriend, so she seeks help from a mysterious medium and advice columnists to help her through being a teenager in love.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"A graphic memoir for teens about the author's efforts to overcome her social anxiety by learning improv comedy. Alex has crippling social anxiety. All day long, she is trapped in a web of negative thoughts and paralyzing fear. To pull herself free of this endless cycle, Alex does something truly terrifying: she signs up for an improv comedy class. By forcing herself to play silly games and act out ridiculous scenes, Alex confronts the unbearable...
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Princess Diana of Themyscira's 16th birthday celebrations are cut short when refugees break through to her island home and she defies her Amazon elders by trying to bring the outsiders to safety, but a stormy sea sweeps her away to where she must learn to survive in a foreign world full of danger and injustice."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Friends (Hale) volume 3
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Shannon is in eighth grade, and life is more complicated than ever. Everything keeps changing, her classmates are starting to date each other (but nobody wants to date her!), and no matter how hard she tries, Shannon can never seem to just be happy. As she works through her insecurities and undiagnosed depression, she worries about disappointing all the people who care about her. Is something wrong with her? Can she be the person everyone expects...
6) Delicates
Author
Series
Sheets volume 2
Language
English
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"Marjorie Glatt's life hasn't been the same ever since she discovered a group of ghosts hiding in her family's laundromat. Wendell, who died young and now must wander Earth as a ghost with nothing more than a sheet for a body, soon became one of Marjorie's only friends. But when Marjorie finally gets accepted by the popular kids at school, she begins to worry that if anyone learns about her secret ghost friends, she'll be labeled as "a freak who sees...
7) Anya's ghost
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Of all the things Anya expected to find at the bottom of an old well, a new friend wasn't one of them. Especially not a new friend who's been dead for a century. Falling down a well is bad enough, but Anya's normal life might actually be worse. She's embarrassed by her family, self-conscious about her body, and she's pretty much given up on fitting in at school. A new friend - even a dead one - is just what she needs. But Anya's new B.F.F. isn't kidding...
8) Heartstopper
Author
Series
Heartstopper volume 5
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2020-
Language
English
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Cary Library's Teen LGBTQIA Stories
Dedham's Romancing the Library 2023 YA
Massachusetts Teen Choice Book Award
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Description
Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. A sweet and charming coming-of-age story that explores friendship, love, and coming out. This edition features beautiful two-color artwork. Absolutely delightful. Sweet, romantic, kind. Beautifully paced. I loved this book. -- Rainbow Rowell, author of Carry On Shy and softhearted Charlie Spring sits next to rugby player Nick Nelson in class one morning. A warm and intimate friendship follows,...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Description
"A year and a half after the summer that changed her life, Maggie Thrash wishes she could change it all back. She's trapped in a dark depression and flunking eleventh grade, befuddling her patrician mother while going unnoticed by her father, a workaholic federal judge. The only thing Maggie cares about is her cat, Tommi ... who then disappears somewhere in the walls of her cavernous house. So her search begins -- but Maggie's not even really sure...
Author
Publisher
Kaboom
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Effie feels like a ghost. Misunderstood by her classmates and teachers, it's like she just doesn't belong. One day, feeling frustrated and lost, Effie wanders into the woods and discovers something spectacular...a school for ghosts! While she learns all about the amazing things that ghosts can do - like possession, poltergeist-ing, demon magic and more - Effie and her new spirited friends take on the challenge of tracking down and freeing a lost...
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]-
Language
English
Description
Socially anxious high school student Shoko Komi would love to make friends, but her shyness is interpreted as reserve, and the other students keep her at a distance. Only timid Tadano realizes the truth, and despite his own desire to blend in, he decides to help her achieve her goal of making 100 friends --
V.1. Timid Tadano is a total wallflower, and that's just the way he likes it. But all that changes when he finds himself alone in a classroom...
12) ¡Sonríe!
Author
Publisher
Maeva Young
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Español
Description
Raina is about to start sixth grade and all she wants to be is a normal girl. One night, however, after a scouts' meeting, she trips, falls, and seriously injures her two front teeth. She must then endure a whole series of dental operations and apparatuses, even a retainer with fake teeth! On top of that, she also has to deal with an earthquake, boy trouble, and friends who turn out to be not what they seem.
Raina va a sexto y su único deseo es...
Author
Publisher
Denpa LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"High school can be a stressful time for many young people. The change means a new commute, new friends, new courses...new teachers. For Shino Oshima the change could have meant an opportunity to blossom into adulthood. Unfortunately, things go wrong on her first day - she fails to even say her name during her homeroom introduction. From then on Shino is a part-mute part-stuttering mess. Ostracized and afraid she struggles to find her place in this...
Author
Publisher
Far Out Press
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"It sucks to have big, frizzy hair and a decidedly average body ... when you really want to have model good looks and a cool boyfriend. That's why Lily's on a mission to get beautified, or at least get a red-hot makeover. And the attention of her crush. Now if she could only stop that pesky unwanted visitor from messing with her plans! "--Cover.
Author
Publisher
Zuiker Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Dounya Awada is a 24-year-old, devout Muslim, happy, healthy, and very much alive. But just a few years before, she nearly starved to death. Her struggle began when she was six years old. Little Dounya wanted nothing less than to be perfect, like her mother. She pushed herself hard every day, excelling in schoolwork and at home. She had to be the cutest, prettiest, smartest girl in the room. The slightest hint of imperfection led to meltdowns and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
June 2017.
Language
English
Description
"Buffy struggles to deal with her mom Joyce's newfound interest in spending time with her. Balancing that with her schoolwork, her friends, and her regular vampire-slaying duties is a challenge. However, when Joyce becomes hypnotized by a child-like demon that craves motherly care, Buffy experiences a new kind of sibling rivalry--except in Buffy's case, her "sibling" is actually a monster! Author Kel McDonald (Misfits of Avalon) and artist Yishan...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Moving to a new school and making new friends will create enough anxiety for any teenage girl. But when you're Buffy Summers, a vampire slayer -- the Chosen One (with all that entails) -- building a new life can be overwhelming. A group of nerdy vampires, shunned by their cooler brethren, decide to climb the vampire social ladder by taking out the Slayer. They play on Buffy's insecurities, wearing her down until she is full-on distracted by the mental...
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