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July 1, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

My Brain Doesn’t Believe in Getting Things Done, a guest post by Sangu Mandanna

What does mental health have to do with a warrior goddess, a talking lion, a crew of plucky rebel kids, and a heroine who finds her own unique way of fighting back?

June 7, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

Book Review: We Can’t Keep Meeting Like This by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Full of humor and heart and, yes, love, this is a fantastic story about being brave, being imperfect, learning, trying, changing, growing, and taking chances.

March 18, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

The Author-Reader Relationship: Reaching Beyond Expectations, a guest post by Halli Gomez

Gomez talks about her #ownvoices novel about a teen living with Tourette syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

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Fiction Revelations: How Writing a Book about Witches and Murder Got Me My OCD diagnosis, a guest post by E. Latimer

April 20, 2020 by Amanda MacGregor

Find out how writing a book about murderous Irish Gods and sapphic witches helped author E. Latimer get a mental health diagnosis.

Book Review: History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera

January 17, 2017 by Amanda MacGregor

Publisher’s description From the New York Times bestselling author of More Happy Than Not comes an explosive examination of grief, mental illness, and the devastating consequences of refusing to let go of the past. When Griffin’s first love and ex-boyfriend, Theo, dies in a drowning accident, his universe implodes. Even though Theo had moved to […]

Book Review: Under Rose-Tainted Skies by Louise Gornall

January 12, 2017 by Amanda MacGregor

Publisher’s description Norah has agoraphobia and OCD. When groceries are left on the porch, she can’t step out to get them. Struggling to snag the bags with a stick, she meets Luke. He’s sweet and funny, and he just caught her fishing for groceries. Because of course he did. Norah can’t leave the house, but […]

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#MHYALit: OCD Tales – Reflections on an OCD Sufferer’s Sabbatical Study of YA Novels of Mental Illness

May 23, 2016 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Today for the #MHYALit Discussion we are honored to host librarian Diane Scrofano I remember the day my symptoms began. It was during the spring of the eighth grade. It was 1991 in a suburb north of Los Angeles. I had woken up with a foreboding feeling. By the time school was over at 3:10p.m., […]

#MHYALit: The Story is Enough: Writing the Books I Needed to Read, a guest post by Jackie Lea Sommers

January 19, 2016 by Amanda MacGregor

Today as part of our #MHYALit discussion, we are happy to welcome YA author Jackie Lea Sommers, who discusses solipsism syndrome, OCD, and writing the characters she needed to encounter when she was a teen.    In high school, my friends’ refrain was “Jackie, you think too much!” It was true. Not only was I a dreamer, a […]

Book Review: The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

October 8, 2015 by Amanda MacGregor

Publisher’s description: A new YA novel from novelist Patrick Ness, author of the Carnegie Medal- and Kate Greenaway Medal-winning A Monster Calls and the critically acclaimed Chaos Walking trilogy, The Rest of Us Just Live Here is a bold and irreverent novel that powerfully reminds us that there are many different types of remarkable. What […]

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January 20, 2015 by Amanda MacGregor

When I’m reviewing books for professional publications, I stay quiet about them on social media. I’m always really excited once a review comes out to be able to talk about the book, finally! Here’s one of my most recent reviews, which originally appeared in the January 2015 issue of School Library Journal. Gr 9 Up—Fig is six […]

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