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2) I was here
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In an attempt to understand why her best friend committed suicide, eighteen-year-old Cody Reynolds retraces her dead friend's footsteps and makes some startling discoveries.
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Polls consistently show that the majority of Americans believe that terminally ill people should be allowed to choose to end their lives, however euthanasia is not legal in the United States. Through a narrative-driven pro/con format supported by relevant facts, quotes, anecdotes, and illustrations this title examines issues related to euthanasia.
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"Nobody writes about family secrets with the grace, compassion, and intrigue of Courtney Sheinmel." —Leila Sales, author of This Song Will Save Your Life
Fans of I Was Here by Gayle Forman and Far from the Tree by Robin Benway will be floored by this heartbreaking yet uplifting teen novel about a grieving girl who follows a mysterious list across the country after her older
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After her mother's suicide, grief-stricken Leigh Sanders travels to Taiwan to stay with grandparents she never met, determined to find her mother who she believes turned into a bird.
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Physician-assisted suicide is legal in nine U.S. states and the District of Columbia. It is not without controversy, even in the states where Physician-assisted suicide laws have been passed. Proponents believe that it's a matter of liberty, that the terminally ill have the right to choose how their lives will end. Opponents argue that such laws make the terminally ill vulnerable to medical errors and abuse, and they believe that the laws devalue...
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They say Delia burned burned herself to death in her stepfather's shed, but June does not believe it was suicide because she and Delia used to be closer than anything, but one night a year ago, everything changed when they and June's boyfriend Ryan let their good time get out of hand, and now, a year later, June owes it to Delia to know if her best friend committed suicide or was murdered.
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After her brother's suicide, Neely works as a tour guide in the caverns where she meets beautiful, strong, confident Mila, but when a drug-fueled midnight staff party results in Mila's brutal murder, Neely must figure out who killed her - and face the possibility it might've been her.
10) The Treatment
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Working with rebels to bring down The Program, a suicide prevention treatment in which painful memories are erased, Sloane and James consider taking The Treatment to unlock their memories.
12) Teen Suicide
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Discover 25 women who designed their own futures. From dancers to musicians to artists, these women drew from their imaginations and dreamed of the impossible.
13) That night
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Hailey is determined to find out all she can about her boyfriend's suicide last year. She knows Declan wouldn't kill himself, even if she can't remember a lot of what lead up to that fateful night. Kane, Declan's stepbrother and Hailey's best friend, wants to move past what happened, not dig up bad memories. But the more Hailey searches for information, the more she remembers. Now the truth is unveiling secrets that have the possibility of ruining...
14) Sparrow
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Fourteen-year-old Sparrow Cooke of Brooklyn has always been the kind of child who prefers reading books to playing with friends (not that she has many of those), and since fifth grade the one person who seemed to understand her was the school librarian. So when Mrs. Wexler was killed in an accident Sparrow's world came apart, and when she was found on the edge of the school roof everyone assumed that it was a suicide attempt, which Sparrow denies,...
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"One cold fall day, high school junior Liz Emerson steers her car into a tree. This haunting and heartbreaking story is told by a surprising and unexpected narrator and unfolds in nonlinear flashbacks even as Liz's friends, foes, and family gather at the hospital and Liz clings to life"--
18) The lucky ones
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"In the aftermath of a school tragedy, May and Zach struggle with grief, survivor's guilt, and the complex emotional impact of the event, learning how to heal and hope in the face of it all"--
20) The forest
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A woman goes into Japan's suicide forest to find her twin sister, and confronts supernatural terror.