Breathing underwater by Allen, Sarah Elisabeth 

BTSB Prebound(Farrar Straus Giroux, 2021)

BTSB #: 052688 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Sisters - Fiction Photography - Fiction Depression (Psychology) - Fiction Treasure hunt (Game) - Fiction Automobile travel - Fiction

Summary: 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.

Brilliant by Doyle, Roddy 

BTSB Prebound(Amulet Books, 2015)

BTSB #: 289928 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 3.6 MG

Genres: Adventure Fiction Family Life

Subjects: Depression (Psychology) - Fiction Adventure fiction Siblings - Fiction Magic - Fiction Dogs - Fiction Animals - Fiction Dublin (Ireland) - Fiction Ireland - Fiction

Summary: The Black Dog of depression has descended over Dublin, but siblings Rayzer and Gloria are determined to stop it, and soon they are joined by thousands of other children and some magical animals on a chase through the streets, parks, and beaches of Dublin.

Darius the Great is not okay by Khorram, Adib 

Paperback(Penguin Books, 2019)

BTSB #: 517031 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 4.7 UG RC: 5.4 6-8 Lexile: 710 HL

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Friendship - Fiction Grandparents - Fiction Depression (Psychology) - Fiction Iranian Americans - Fiction Americans - Iran - Fiction Iran - Fiction

Summary: 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.

Darius the Great is not okay by Khorram, Adib 

BTSB Prebound(Dial Books, 2018)

BTSB #: 517040 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 4.7 UG RC: 5.4 6-8 Lexile: 710 HL

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Friendship - Fiction Grandparents - Fiction Depression (Psychology) - Fiction Iranian Americans - Fiction Americans - Iran - Fiction Iran - Fiction

Summary: 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.

Dark matter of Mona Starr by Gulledge, Laura Lee 

Paperback New title.(Amulet Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 406701 Temp OS

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 12-16   


Genres:

Subjects: Depression (Psychology) - Fiction Family life - Fiction Graphic novels

Summary: Mona Starr is a highly sensitive person. She's sweet, geeky, and creative, but sometimes, the world just gets to be too much and it's hard for her to feel comfortable in her own skin. For a while, she had a rhythm going: She'd go to therapy, doodle, hang out with her best friend and fellow weirdo Nash, and play her violin. But when Nash moves away, Mona feels alone and doesn't know how to combat that little voice in her head that tells her she's not good enough. Graphic novel format.

Science of breakable things by Keller, Tae 

BTSB Prebound(Random House, 2018)

BTSB #: 512072 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.6 MG RC: 5.5 3-5 Lexile: 840 F&P: V

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Middle schools - Fiction School stories Friendship - Fiction Family problems - Fiction Science - Methodology - Fiction Depression (Psychology) - Fiction Racially mixed people - Fiction

Summary: Middle schooler Natalie's year-long assignment to answer a question using the scientific process leads to truths about her mother's depression and her own cultural identity.

Space between before and after by Stauffacher, Sue 

BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 2019)

BTSB #: 844437 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 4.9 MG

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Depression (Psychology) - Fiction Missing persons - Fiction Family life - Fiction Storytelling - Fiction Healing - Fiction

Summary: When 10-year-old Thomas's mother, who suffers from depression, disappears, he creates a fantasy narrative in which his mother is safe and sets in motion a path of healing, not just for himself, but for his father and aunt as well.

When we collided by Lord, Emery 

BTSB Prebound(Bloomsbury, 2016)

BTSB #: 587525 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 4.8 UG RC: 5.5 9-12 Lexile: 730 HL

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Love - Fiction Family problems - Fiction Depression (Psychology) - Fiction Mental illness - Fiction

Summary: Can seventeen-year-old Jonah save his family restaurant from ruin, his mother from her sadness, and his danger-seeking girlfriend Vivi from herself?