Chaos theory by Stone, Nic 

Paperback(Ember, 2024)

BTSB #: 857022 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
Lexile: 730 HL

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Interpersonal relations - Fiction School stories Bipolar disorder - Fiction Alcoholism - Fiction

Summary: Told in two voices, an accidental text exchange brings together sixteen-year-old Shelbi, a certified genius living with a diagnosed mental disorder, and eighteen-year-old Andy, a politician's son struggling with his past and alcoholism.

Chaos theory by Stone, Nic 

BTSB Prebound(Ember, 2024)

BTSB #: 857024 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
Lexile: 730 HL

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Interpersonal relations - Fiction School stories Bipolar disorder - Fiction Alcoholism - Fiction

Summary: Shelbi is a senior at her new private school and is hiding her mental disorder diagnosis. Andy is a politician's son running from his own alcohol addiction and grief. When Shelbi sees Andy at his lowest, she can relate. Their connection has them seeing stars, but their personal issues could threaten to pull them apart.

Joey Pigza loses control by Gantos, Jack 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2012)

BTSB #: P01849 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-11   


Genres: Sports Family Life

Subjects: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder - Fiction Baseball - Fiction Alcoholism - Fiction

Summary: Joey, who is still taking medication to keep him from getting too wired, goes to spend the summer with the hard-drinking father he has never known and tries to help the baseball team he coaches win the championship.

Learning to fall by Engelfried, Sally 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2022)

BTSB #: 310796 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.1 MG+

Genres: Sports Family Life

Subjects: Father-daughter relationship - Fiction Family problems - Fiction Alcoholism - Fiction Skateboarding - Fiction

Summary: Daphne spends a vacation with her estranged father, whom she has not seen in years, and the pair bond over their love of skateboarding.

Louis undercover by Britt, Fanny 

BTSB Prebound(Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2017)

BTSB #: 153043 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 10-14   
Lexile: 830 GN F&P: Z

Genres:

Subjects: Graphic novels Family life - Fiction Alcoholism - Fiction Parent-child relationship - Fiction Divorce - Fiction

Summary: Meet Louis, a young boy who shuttles between his alcoholic dad and his worried mom, and who, with the help of his best friend, tries to summon up the courage to speak to his true love, Billie.

Not my problem by Smyth, Ciara 

Paperback(Harper Teen, 2022)

BTSB #: 831515 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-18   
AR: 4.8 UG

Genres: Humorous Fiction Family Life

Subjects: High school students - Fiction Lesbians - Fiction Bildungsromans Alcoholism - Fiction Ireland - Fiction

Summary: Aideen has plenty of problems she can't solve. Like her mother's excessive drinking. But when she stumbles upon overachiever Meabh Kowalska having a full-blown meltdown, she sees one that she can actually fix. Meabh is desperate to escape her crushing pile of extracurriculars. Aideen volunteers to help-by pushing her down the stairs. Soon other students line up for Aideen's help in traded favors and ill-advised hijinks.

Secret sheriff of sixth grade by Sonnenblick, Jordan 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2017)

BTSB #: P04003 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Mother-son relationship - Fiction Alcoholism - Fiction Family problems - Fiction Middle schools - Fiction School stories Bullies - Fiction Friendship - Fiction

Summary: Maverick Falconer is just starting middle school and he wishes he were a hero like his father because maybe then he could deal with his mother's drinking and series of abusive boyfriends, not to mention the kids who bully him in middle school (pretty much the same ones who bullied him in elementary school)--but as the year passes he begins to realize that other kids have problems too, and maybe if they can all survive sixth-grade things will get better.