Saving Francesca by Marchetta, Melina 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2009)

BTSB #: P00602 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-18   


Genres:

Subjects: Sexism - Fiction Catholic schools - Fiction Depression - Fiction Australia - Fiction

Summary: Sixteen-year-old Francesca could use her outspoken mother's help with the problems of being one of a handful of girls at a parochial school that has just turned co-ed, but her mother has suddenly become severely depressed.

Taylor before and after by Englund, Jennie 

Paperback(Square Fish, 2021)

BTSB #: 311728 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Depression - Fiction Diaries - Fiction Bullies - Fiction Hawaii - Fiction

Summary: In journal entries alternating between two timelines--before and after a tragic accident--Jennie Englund's heartfelt coming-of-age story, Taylor Before and After follows the year that changes one girl's life forever.

Zia erases the world by Barton, Bree 

BTSB Prebound(Viking, 2022)

BTSB #: 095115 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
Lexile: 620 F&P: X

Genres: Fantasy Fiction

Subjects: Emotions - Fiction Depression - Fiction Mental illness - Fiction Encyclopedias and dictionaries - Fiction Magic - Fiction

Summary: Zia remembers the exact night the Shadoom arrived. One moment she was laughing with her best friends, and the next a dark room of shadows had crept into her chest--until Zia discovers an old family heirloom: the C. Scuro Dictionary. Hidden within its magical pages is a mysterious blue eraser. When Zia starts to erase words that remind her of the Shadoom, they disappear one by one from the world around her. But things quickly dissolve into chaos, as the words she erases turn out to be vital.