Teens in Trouble
Discover gripping books about teens in trouble, from family drama to addiction. Explore My Sister's Keeper, The Beast, and Crank for powerful reads on resilience.
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The Beast
by Walter Dean Myers
A visit to his Harlem neighborhood and the discovery that the girl he loves is using drugs give sixteen-year-old Anthony Witherspoon a new perspective both on his home and on his life at a Connecticut prep school. Reissue.
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Crank
by Ellen Hopkins
Based on a real-life event and written in verse, this novel relates the disturbing story of one girl's descent into addiction.
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My Sister's Keeper
by Jodi Picoult
Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age 13, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister Kate can somehow fight the leukemia that has palgued her since childhood.