Good Reads - Stress & Suicide

Good Reads

Stress & Suicide

Fiction | Nonfiction

FICTION

The following books can be found in the Fiction collection, shelved by the first three letters of the author's last name, e.g., F BAR.<>

Arrick, Fran. TUNNEL VISION.

<>An apparently happy 15-year-old boy commits suicide, and his vamily and friends try to find out why.
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Bennett, James. I CAN HEAR THE MOURNING DOVE.

After the sudden death of her father, Grace fails at a suicide attempt and winds up spending most of her junior year in a mental institution.

Bridges, Sue Ellen. NOTES FOR ANOTHER LIFE.

Kevin and Wren live with their grandparents because their parents are incapable of taking care of them properly. There father is institutionalized and their mother lives in Atlanta.

Brugman, Alyssa. Walking naked. New York: Delacorte Press, [2004, 2002].

Note: After being in detention with a girl called "The Freak," Megan finds

herself torn between the developing friendship the two share and her

involvement with a popular clique.

Burcell, Robin. Deadly legacy. New York: HarperCollins, [2003].

Note: San Francisco P.D. Homicide Inspector Kate Gillespie's investigation into

a bizarre apparent murder/suicide is threatening to careen out of control.

Bunting, Eve. FACE AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD.

Jed's best friend, Charlie, commits suicide and Jed doesn't find out about it until he reads about it in the newspaper. Everything had been normal and plans had been made between the two of them to be roommates when they wen away to college together next year. Puzzled and determined to find out why Charlie resorted to such an end, Jen and Charlie's girlfriend, Annie, search Charlie's past and discover his secret life.

Carlson, Melody. Pitch black : color me lost. 1st ed. Colorado Springs, CO:

NavPress, [2004].

Note: Her faith in God already wavering, seventeen-year-old Morgan Bergstrom is

rocked by her friend Jason's suicide and enters into a suicide pact herself.

Connelly, Neil. St. Michael's scales.

Keegan Flannery, fleeing responsibility for his twin brother's death and his mother's mental illness, believes he must atone by committing suicide before his sixteenth birthday, but he gains new insight when he joins his school's wrestling team.

Crutcher, Chris. CHINESE HANDCUFFS.

Dillon likes two girls, one his brother's ex-girlfriend. While the novel focuses on Dillon and his attempts to deal with his brother's suicide, it also deals with Dillon's attempted relationships with these two girls.

Davis, J. Madison. Law & Order : dead line. New York: ibooks, [2004].

Note: When a woman's body is found at the bottom of an air shaft it looks like a

routine suicide, until Briscoe and Green discover evidence implying

otherwise.Deuker, Carl. High heat.

When sophomore Shane Hunter's father is arrested for money laundering at his Lexus dealership, the star pitcher's life of affluence and private school begins to fall apart.

Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills) Darkness before dawn.

<>Recovering from the recent suicide of her ex-boyfriend, senior class president Keisha Montgomery finds herself attracted to a dangerous, older man.
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<>Going, Kelly. Fat kid rules the world.

<>Seventeen-year-old Troy, depressed, suicidal, and weighing nearly 300 pounds, gets a new perspective on life when a homeless teenager who is a genius on guitar wants Troy to be the drummer in his rock band.
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Guest, Judith. ORDINARY PEOPLE.

Conrad is a sensitive teenager who is recovering, both physically and emotionally, from his attempted suicide. In a mental hospital Conrad learns that the road to recovery is a rough one and he must overcome some major obstacles.

Hale, Janet Campbell. THE OWL'S SONG.

Billy White Hawk confronts loneliness and prejudice as he searches for his heritage and future as a man. Billy's mother died when he was young, and his father has a difficult time communicating with his son and resorts to alcohol too often. After witnessing his best friend's suicide, Billy decides he must leave the reservation.

Herman, John. Labyrinth.

As he struggles to cope with his father's suicide and his mother's possible remarriage, fourteen-year-old Gregory is plagued by recurring dreams that make him question what is real.

Hyde, Elisabeth. Crazy as chocolate : a novel.

Izzy and Ellie felt both shame and pride in their loony mother's crazy stunts, but when she commited suicide on her forty-first birthday, the young girls' lives were shattered, and as they reach their own forty-first birthdays, they must come to terms with their mother's legacy.

Irwin, Hadley. SO LONG AT THE FAIR.

Joel and Ashley come from affluent families and neither has a need for anything, at least not material things. The book begins with Joel spending a week at the State Fair trying to figure out why Ashley, his best friend, committed suicide.

Knudson, R. R. JUST ANOTHER LOVE STORY

Dusty Blaisdale intentionally drives off a Long Island pier after he and his girlfriend break up. He is saved by a body builder who encourages him to make something of himself.

L'Engle, Madeline. A RING OF ENDLESS NIGHT.

Vickie spends the summer with her grandfather, a retired minister, who is dying of leukemia. She develops a maturing sense of love and meaning in life as she confronts the problems of first love and the slow death of her grandfather.

Lundgren, Mary Beth. Love, Sara.

In a series of e-mails and journal entries Sara, a high-school junior with a history of sexual abuse and foster home care, reveals her feelings about herself and two friends who are headed for destruction.

Lynch, Chris. Freewill

A teenager trying to recover from the tragic death of his father and stepmother believes himself to be responsible for the rash of teen suicides occurring in his town.

Miller, Mary Beth. Aimee : a novel.

Zoe, a high school senior, struggles to survive the aftermath of the suicide of her best friend Aimee, and her own murder trial for her role in the incident, by writing about her feelings in a journal.

Nixon, Joan Lowery. SECRET, SILENT SCREAMS.

Marti knows that her friend, Barry, didn't kill himself but no one will listen to her. Marti searches for the truth in spite of the generally accepted evidence that it was a copycat suicide.

Peck, Richard. REMEMBERING THE GOOD TIMES.

Three teens strike up a friendship that ends in tragedy - at 16 one of them decides that the future is just too great of a risk, and it leaves the other two wondering just how well they knew their friend.

Peck, Richard. FATHER FIGURE.

After the death of their mother from suicide to escape the ravages of cancer, Jim and Bryon’s grandmother sends them to Florida to live with a father they never knew

Pfeffer, Susan Beth. ABOUT DAVID.

After David kills his parents and himself, his close friend Lynn is left puzzled and confused. She recounts, in diary form, how she tries to piece together the parts and figure out wny it happened.

Slade, Arthur G. Tribes.

For Percy, the loss of his father and the suicide of his best friend build to a head during the last week before high school graduation.

Tan, Amy. The bonesetter's daughter.

San Francisco ghostwriter Ruth Young finally begins to understand her Alzheimer's-afflicted mother LuLing's preoccupation with ghosts and curses when she reads Luling's writings of her dark backwoods childhood in 1920s China--where LuLing's mute, disfigured nursemaid committed suicide, and a nearby cave held what may have been the bones of the lost ancient hominid Peking Man.

Trueman, Terry. Inside out.

A 16-year-old with schizophrenia is caught up in the events surrounding an attempted robbery by two other teens who eventually hold him hostage.

Werlin, Nancy. Black mirror : a novel.

Convinced her brother's death was murder rather than suicide, sixteen-year-old Frances begins her own investigation into suspicious student activities at her boarding school.

NONFICTION

<>155.9 TAS
Youngs, Jennifer Leigh. A taste-berry teen's guide to managing the stress and pressures of life ; with contributions from teens for teens.
This book describes the emotional peaks and valleys of dealing with friends and family, highlighting the joys, challenges and sorrows.

305.235 RUT
Rutledge, Jill Zimmerman. Dealing with the stuff that makes life tough : the 10 things that stress girls out and how to cope with them.
Provides teenage girls with tips and information to help them deal with the top ten issues that stress them out.

306.9 DEA
Haley, James. Death and dying.

362.28 POR
Portner, Jessica. One in thirteen : the silent epidemic of teen suicide.
A study of teen suicide, examining the scope of the problem, the reasons why teenagers commit suicide, how they choose to die, and the differences in suicide rates among boys and girls, and African-Americans, whites, and Latinos; profiles three teens who committed suicide; and looks at what is and is not being done to help.

362.2808 GOR
Gordon, Sol. When living hurts : a what-to-do book for yourself or someone you care about who feels discouraged, sad, lonely, hopeless, angry or frustrated, unhappy, bored, depressed, suicidal.
A guide for young people who are emotionally troubled and those who care for them. Identifies problem symptoms, sources of help, and ways to cope with anxiety, anger, and depression. Includes chapters that address needs of specific populations such as teens with disabilities, family issues, or problems with drug use or sexual activity.

373.18 FAR
Farrell, Juliana and Rush, Colleen. High school, the real deal : from GPAs to graduation.
Provides advice for incoming freshmen on how to handle high school, listing dos and don'ts for the first day and beyond, and discussing academics, extracurricular activities, working, stress, the social scene, and post-high school concerns.

811 AFT
Fields, Terri. After the death of Anna Gonzales.
Poems written in the voices of forty-seven people, including students, teachers, and other school staff, record the aftermath of a high school student's suicide and the preoccupations of teen life.

AV VHS 616.8527 TEE
Teen depression.

<>AV VHS 616.89 STR
Stress.
This program is designed to help teens through the big issue of stress. Students learn they are not alone-- all teens face stress. It identifies the common causes of stress and what to do about it.

CRC 646.7 TAY
Taylor, Sally. On my own : the ultimate how-to guide for young adults : A manual for excelling in your independent life.

PROF 305.23 KIN
Kindlon, Daniel J and Barker, Teresa. Raising Cain : protecting the emotional life of boys.

REF 362.28 SUI
Shannon, Joyce Brennfleck. Suicide information for teens : health tips about suicide causes and prevention including facts about depression, risk factors, getting help, survivor support, and more.
Provides basic information about suicide, examining causes, threats, warning signs, and risk factors; looks at the links between teen suicide and mental health disorders; describes different types of psychotherapy and medication for teens at risk for suicide; offers advice on how to help friends who are thinking about killing themselves; and includes advice on dealing with grief.