While he's making new friends and meeting a new guy, his beloved and deceased uncle's bee farm is being foreclosed on, and Torrey will do anything to stop that from happening. What it's about: Now that Torrey's made it out of his stifling neighborhood and into freshman year at college, he can finally breathe. Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound here. This story digs deep into both disordered eating and America's failing healthcare system, and while it's not an easy read, it's both a searing and poignant one.įor another YA starring a college student coping with an eating disorder, check out Love & Other Carnivorous Plants by Florence Gonsalves. Now Jayne's moving in (not the worst thing, considering the gross apartment and boyfriend she's leaving behind) and revitalizing a relationship she didn't even know she wanted, until June's deeper secret threatens to bring it all crashing down, taking Jayne's tenuous mental health with it. In her newest, fashion student Jayne's world is upended when her estranged sister, the always-responsible and ever-perfect June, is diagnosed with cancer. What it's about: Though Choi's novels are published as YA, all three of them (beginning with Emergency Contact) are fantastic examples of books that perfectly capture the shift from adolescence into adulthood (with characters of an age to match), and many of the issues that come with it.
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