Teens Overcoming the Odds: Fiction (page 1)

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  • Becoming Mary Mehan: Two Novels  (Armstrong, Jennifer.)
  • After the war, former Civil War nurse Mary falls in love with a musician who has lost his hearing.

  • Tangerine  (Bloor, Edward.)
  • 12-year-old Paul, who is legally blind, fights for the right to play on his school’s soccer team and learns the truth about how he lost his sight.

  • Things Not Seen  (Clements, Chris.)
  • Having turned invisible overnight, 15-year-old Bobby becomes friends with Alicia, a blind teenager who helps him with his problem.

  • Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes  (Crutcher, Chris.)
  • Overweight Eric and burn victim Sarah Byrnes bonded in junior high to fight off bullies, but now Eric must try to help Sarah, the toughest person he has ever known, who has become catatonic.

  • Of Sound Mind  (Ferris, Jean.)
  • The only hearing member of his family, high school senior Theo feels burdened by the task of interpreting for them, especially his demanding artist mother.

  • Out of the Fire  (Froese, Deborah.)
  • Life is no longer about good hair, boyfriends and parties after 16-year-old Dayle is severely burned at a bonfire party.

  • Tending to Grace  (Fusco, Kimberly Newton)
  • 14-year-old Cornelia, left to live in a run-down house with her great aunt, struggles with the embarrassment over her pronounced stutter and finds a new voice.

  • Where I Want to Be  (Griffin, Adele.)
  • In alternating chapters, Jane and Lily, two sisters, one dead the other alive, grapple with Jane’s mental illness and its effects on both of them.

  • Sweetblood  (Hautman, Pete.)
  • 16-year-old Lucy, thinks her diabetes may make her a potential vampire, but her research turns dangerous when she meets a real vampire online.

  • Kissing Doorknobs  (Hesser, Terry Spencer.)
  • 14-year-old Tara is smart, pretty, nice and popular, but also suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, which creates havoc in her life, especially at home.

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