Books like The Struggle by Lisa Jane Smith

A poignant young‑adult tale of two teens—Hazel and Augustus—who meet in a cancer support group, and whose unlikely romance forces them to confront love, illness, and the meaning of life.

At Culver Creek Boarding School, Miles "Pudge" Halter leaves his uneventful home life to find adventure, only to be drawn into the complex world of Alaska Young – a brilliant, enigmatic student whose presence challenges and changes him forever.

A coming‑of‑age epistolary novel that follows introverted teen Charlie through his freshman year in a 1990s Pittsburgh suburb as he navigates high school, friendship and the challenges of adolescence.

The Bell Jar is the sole novel by Sylvia Plath, a psychologically intense and autobiographical look at a young woman’s decline into mental illness.

The Awakening by Kate Chopin: A Novel of Women's Struggle and Feminism in the Late 19th Century South

Eighteen‑year‑old Susanna Kaysen is admitted to McLean Hospital in 1967, where she documents life in the psychiatric ward, exploring mental illness, recovery, and the cultural landscape of the late 1960s.

A young human falls in love with a vampire, while the vampire’s brother also pursues her heart.

In diary entries, Stefan Salvatore chronicles his close bond with brother Damon—torn apart when both fall for the enigmatic Katherine, who seeks to transform the Salvatore twins into vampires.

A young woman's relationship with two vampires leads her to choose between two brothers, each with a dark past.

Felicita, an aristocrat, fakes her own suicide to escape her family's strict rules and arranged marriage, only to realize that the boy she loves is actually planning a rebellion against his family's control.

On the run . . .Elena Gilbert's love, the vampire Stefan Salvatore, has been captured and imprisoned by demonic spirits who are wreaking havoc in Fell's Church. While her friends Bonnie and Meredith explore the evil that has taken over their town, Elena goes in search of Stefan.In order to find him, she entrusts her life to Stefan's brother, Damon Salvatore, the handsome but deadly vampire who wants Elena, body and soul. Along with her childhood friend Matt, they set out for the slums of the Dark Dimension, where Stefan is being held captive. It is rumored to be a world where vampires and demons roam free, but humans must live enslaved to their supernatural masters. . . .Elena will stop at nothing to free Stefan. Yet with each passing day the tension between Elena and Damon grows, and she is faced with a terrible decision: Which brother does she really want?Back in Fell's Church, Bonnie and Meredith have made some dire discoveries. They hastily try to follow Elena and warn her—only to be caught up in Elena's most dangerous adventure yet.

Gene Forrester reflects on a pivotal World War II year spent as roommates with his best friend in a New Hampshire boarding school, exploring friendship, loss, and the transition to adulthood.

257 pages ; 22 cmHL630L Lexile

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