Titles Organized by Challenging Issues

Bullying
Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson
Colors Insulting to Nature by Cintra Wilson
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Firsts by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn
Freakboy by Kristin Elizabeth Clark
Keeping You A Secret by Julie Anne Peters
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
None of the Above by I. W. Gregorio
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina

Child Abuse
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Hope in Patience by Beth Fehlbaum
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

Death of a Loved One
Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Don’t Die, My Love by Lurlene McDaniel
Looking for Alaska by John Green
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

Depression
Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Colors Insulting to Nature by Cintra Wilson
Crank by Ellen Hopkins
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Oblivion by Sasha Dawn
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

Drug Use and/or Addiction
Colors Insulting to Nature by Cintra Wilson
Crank by Ellen Hopkins
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Language
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
All-American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Colors Insulting to Nature by Cintra Wilson
Crank by Ellen Hopkins
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Firsts by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn
Hairstyles of the Damned by Joe Meno
Hope in Patience by Beth Fehlbaum
Keeping You A Secret by Julie Anne Peters
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
None of the Above by I. W. Gregorio
Oblivion by Sasha Dawn
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Please Don’t Kill the Freshman by Zoe Trope
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina

LGBTQ+
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Colors Insulting to Nature by Cintra Wilson
Freakboy by Kristin Elizabeth Clark
Girl From Mars by Tamara Bach
Keeping You A Secret by Julie Anne Peters
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
None of the Above by I. W. Gregorio
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Please Don’t Kill the Freshman by Zoe Trope

Mental Illness
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
Colors Insulting to Nature by Cintra Wilson
Memories of Summer by Ruth White
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Oblivion by Sasha Dawn
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

Murder
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Holes by Louis Sachar
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

PTSD
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Hope in Patience by Beth Fehlbaum
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Racial Issues and Stereotypes
All-American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Hairstyles of the Damned by Joe Meno
Monster by Walter Dean Myers

Rape and Sexual Assault
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Crank by Ellen Hopkins
Firsts by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn
Hope in Patience by Beth Fehlbaum
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Running Away
Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult & Samantha van Leer
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Colors Insulting to Nature by Cintra Wilson
Crank by Ellen Hopkins
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Oblivion by Sasha Dawn
Paper Towns by John Green
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

Self-Injury
Hope in Patience by Beth Fehlbaum
Oblivion by Sasha Dawn
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

Sexual Content and/or Nudity
Colors Insulting to Nature by Cintra Wilson
Crank by Ellen Hopkins
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Firsts by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn
Freakboy by Kristin Elizabeth Clark
Girl From Mars by Tamara Bach
Hairstyles of the Damned by Joe Meno
Hope in Patience by Beth Fehlbaum
Keeping You A Secret by Julie Anne Peters
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
None of the Above by I. W. Gregorio
Oblivion by Sasha Dawn
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina

Suicide
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

Teen Pregnancy
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Crank by Ellen Hopkins
Firsts by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

Violence
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
All-American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Freakboy by Kristin Elizabeth Clark
Holes by Louis Sachar
Hope in Patience by Beth Fehlbaum
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

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