House of Secrets

Again, but Better

Wait, What?: A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up

Does My Head Look Big in This?

We Are All Made of Molecules

Rats Saw God

Boy Underwater

Kind of a Big Deal

Ambitious New York City teenager Craig Gilner is determined to succeed at life - which means getting into the right high school to get into the right job. But once Craig aces his way into Manhattan's Executive Pre-Professional High School, the pressure becomes unbearable. He stops eating and sleeping until, one night, he nearly kills himself.

Craig's suicidal episode gets him checked into a mental hospital, where his new neighbors include a transsexual sex addict, a girl who has scarred her own face with scissors, and the self-elected President Armelio. There, Craig is finally able to confront the sources of his anxiety.

Ned Vizzini, who himself spent time in a psychiatric hospital, has created a remarkably moving tale about the sometimes unexpected road to happiness.

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House of Secrets

Greg Call, Chris Columbus, Ned Vizzini, 2013

Again, but Better

Christine Riccio, 2019

Wait, What?: A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up

Isabella Rotman, Heather Corinna, 2019

Does My Head Look Big in This?

Randa Abdel-Fattah, 2007

We Are All Made of Molecules

Susin Nielsen, 2015

Rats Saw God

Rob Thomas, 1996

Boy Underwater

Adam Baron, 2018

Kind of a Big Deal

Shannon Hale, 2020