Posts Tagged ‘ suicide ’

It’s Kind of a Funny Story

May 14, 2013
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It’s Kind of a Funny Story

  It’s Kind Of A Funny Story by Ned Vizzini brings the reader into the life of Craig Gilner, age 15, as he is accepted into the prestigious New York City high school, Executive Pre Professional. Tormented by the stress brought on to him by the extreme amount of work required to achieve what he...
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Thirteen Reasons Why

May 6, 2012
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Thirteen Reasons Why

Everyone knows that Hannah is gone.  Everyone knows that she killed herself.  But not everyone knows why.  Clay Jensen opens his door one day to a package sent for him.  He opens the package and what he discovers inside changes his life forever.  In the package are sets of tapes labeled with numbers going...
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Hold Still

January 22, 2012
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Hold Still

“Dear Caitlin, This is a real letter. I hope you get this far but I won’t get mad if you don’t want to read any of it. This is what I want so don’t be sad. You might be looking for reasons but there are no reasons. The sun stopped shining for me is...
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Thirteen Reasons Why

April 18, 2011
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Thirteen Reasons Why

Being a teen is difficult enough. When you add in a mysterious, unlabeled package filled with tapes containing the voice of a girl who committed suicide two weeks earlier, suddenly ready to tell her story, life goes from difficult to downright confusing. Hannah Baker died two weeks ago from a prescription drug overdose; she...
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The Day the Voices Stopped

October 16, 2008
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The Day the Voices Stopped

In The Day the Voices Stopped, by Ken Steele and Claire Berman, Ken, a 14-year-old boy living in Connecticut, starts having hallucinations and is diagnosed with schizophrenia. He starts hearing voices that taunt him to kill himself. They tell him, “Hang yourself.” Throughout the whole book voices are swarming his mind and making him...
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Impulse

May 9, 2008
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Impulse

“Three lives, three different paths to the same direction: Aspen Springs a psychiatric hospital for those who have attempted the ultimate act, suicide. These three at one point decided enough was enough, and tried to end their life. They acted on impulse, swallowed the bottle, cut a little deeper, and put the gun to...
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