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Best Teen & YA Books of 2023: Exploring Mental Health

TEENS & YOUNG ADULT

UNNECESSARY DRAMA

by Nina Kenwood

Sidesplitting comic writing and an appealingly messy protagonist to root for. Full review >

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TEENS & YOUNG ADULT

DELICIOUS MONSTERS

by Liselle Sambury

A story that is careful to make its ghosts and monsters painfully real. Full review >

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TEENS & YOUNG ADULT

I AM NOT ALONE

by Francisco X. Stork

An illuminatingly powerful story about mental illness, young love, faith, and hope. Full review >

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