RIYL Teen Problems (JHS)
Stanford Problem Novels.docGet the bookmark with student artwork and booklist from Stanford Middle School
See Also:
What's Your Problem?
Any Small Goodness by Tony Johnston (gangs)
Bang! By Sharon Flake (drive by shooting)
Bad by Jean Ferris (juvenile detention)
Cut by Patricia McCormick (self-mutilation)
Dirty Little Secrets by C. J. Omololu (hoarding)
Doll Baby by Eve Bunting (teen pregnancy)
Forged by Fire by Sharon Draper (abuse)
George by Alex Gino (gender identity)
Guts - Graphic Novel by Raina Telgemeier (anxiety)
Hang on in there, Shelley by Kate Saksena (alcoholism)
Hanging on to Max by Margaret Bechard (teen parenting)
It’s Not the End of the World by Judy Blume (divorce)
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos (ADHD)
Lush by Natasha Friend (alcoholism)
Make Lemonade by Virginia Ewer Wolf (unwed mother)
Max the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick (abuse)
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina (Alzheimer Disease)
Mind’s Eye by Paul Fleischman (physical handicap)
Money Hungry by Sharon Flake (homelessness)
Monster by Walter Dean Meyers (juvenile detention)
The Monster in Me by Mette Ivie Harrison (drugs)
My Brother’s Keeper by Patricia McCormick (drugs)
No Way Out by Peggy Kern (drugs)
Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida by Victor Martinez (gangs)
Pinned by Sharon Flake (disabilities)
Refugee by Alan Gratz (immigration)
Rules by Cynthia Lord (Autism)
The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin (child abuse)
Scorpions by Walter Dean Myers (gangs)
The Serious Kiss by Mary Hogan (alcoholism)
The Skin I’m In by Sharon Flake (racism)
So Hard to Say by Alex Sanchez (coming out)
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (rape)
Summer of Secrets Paul Langan from The Bluford High Series (Pregnancy)
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen (violence)
What Jamie Saw by Carolyn Coman (abuse)
What my Mother Doesn’t Know by Sonya Sones (relationships)
Where You’ll Find Me by Natasha Friend (suicide)
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt (Obesity)