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When Sonia's father loses his job and she must move from her small, supportive private school to a public middle school, the half-Jewish half-Indian sixth-grader experiences culture shock as she tries to navigate the school's unfamiliar social scene, and after her father is diagnosed with clinical depression, she finds herself becoming even more confused about herself and her family.
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Latinx Authors: Books for Elementary Grades
Latinx Authors: Books for Middle Grade
Titles Worth Trying: LGBTQIA+ [Middle School]
Trans and Nonbinary Authors: Books for Middle Grade
Latinx Authors: Books for Middle Grade
Titles Worth Trying: LGBTQIA+ [Middle School]
Trans and Nonbinary Authors: Books for Middle Grade
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"Searching for their place in this world, 12-year-old Gabriela, who is dealing with depression and identity, finds the new year bringing them trans and queer friends and a YouTube channel that helps them find purpose in their journey"--
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Darius the Great volume 1
Language
English
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10 Worth Trying: Young Adult LGBTQIA+ [High School Readers]
Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Teens
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
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Clinically-depressed Darius Kellner, a high school sophomore, travels to Iran to meet his grandparents, but it is their next-door neighbor, Sohrab, who changes his life.
7) Ani's light
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Publisher
Magination Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Ani's world has gone dark in his mother's absence, and his family and friends are unable to help, but when Mama finally returns, with her hair missing, her love chases the darkness away. Includes a note to parents and caregivers.
10) 100 days of cake
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
"Molly suffers from depression, and when she finds out that the exotic fishstore she works at is closing down, her whole life, which is already hanging on a thread, starts to crumble"--
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
After the death of her mother in an automobile accident, seventh-grader Serena, who has gotten the lead in her middle school play, is left to handle the day-to-day challenges of caring for herself and her younger brother when their father cannot pull himself out of his depression.
14) Imagine us happy
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Publisher
Harlequin Teen
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
High school junior Stella lives with depression and when she meets a senior boy who understands what she is going through she grows closer to him, but neglects her friendships and responsibilities.
15) Good and gone
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Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
While on a road trip with her depressed older brother and gay friend, to find a missing musician, fifteen-year-old Lexi grapples with painful memories of sexual assualt by her ex-boyfriend.--Provided by Publisher.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Finley Hart is sent to her grandparents' house for the summer, but her anxiety and overwhelmingly sad days continue until she escapes into her writings which soon turn mysteriously real and she realizes she must save this magical world in order to save herself.
17) Madness
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
Released from an inpatient facility after treatment for a suicide attempt, Brooke gradually begins to see hope in her life and meets Derek, a fellow suicide survivor, but as she falls for him, she realizes that Derek may not be in the same mental space she is.
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Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
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"After an entire summer trying to figure out how to go back to being the person she was before her depression and anxiety diagnosis, twelve-year-old Pluto finds out--with the help of the Hayden Planetarium hotline, a new tutor, and a new friend--that there is no old or new Pluto, there's just Pluto, growing up"--
19) The bridge
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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Aaron and Tillie do not know each other, but they both feel suicidal and arrive at the George Washington Bridge at the same time, intending to jump. Includes resources about suicide prevention and suicide prevention for LGBTQIA+ youth." --
"Aaron is a gay misfit struggling with depression and loneliness. Tillie isn't sure what her problem is, only that she will never be good enough. They arrive at the George Washington Bridge at the same time. There...
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Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
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During a road trip, thirteen-year-old Olivia, a budding photographer, tries to recreate a Treasure Hunt she once shared with her sixteen-year-old sister, Ruth, while watching for signs that Ruth's depression is back.
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