YA Violence & Abuse Novels

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Speak
Speak 4.05 avg rating — 622,660 ratings
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A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 455,029 ratings
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Thirteen Reasons Why
Thirteen Reasons Why
by: Jay Asher
3.84 avg rating — 1,013,846 ratings
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower 4.24 avg rating — 1,948,056 ratings
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The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones 3.86 avg rating — 2,439,441 ratings
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Dreamland
Dreamland 3.90 avg rating — 83,648 ratings
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Just Listen
Just Listen 4.05 avg rating — 249,759 ratings
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,593,662 ratings
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Living Dead Girl
Living Dead Girl 3.78 avg rating — 33,768 ratings
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Impulse (Impulse, #1)
Impulse (Impulse, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 81,829 ratings
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Crank (Crank, #1)
Crank (Crank, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 153,358 ratings
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Lock and Key
Lock and Key 3.99 avg rating — 151,941 ratings
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Such a Pretty Girl
Such a Pretty Girl 3.86 avg rating — 16,990 ratings
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Boy Toy
Boy Toy 3.99 avg rating — 8,747 ratings
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Reason to Breathe (Breathing, #1)
Reason to Breathe (Breathing, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 94,880 ratings
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Burned (Burned, #1)
Burned (Burned, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 70,228 ratings
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Identical
Identical 4.29 avg rating — 66,316 ratings
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Nineteen Minutes
Nineteen Minutes 4.17 avg rating — 409,028 ratings
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Hopeless (Hopeless, #1)
Hopeless (Hopeless, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 658,815 ratings
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The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,801,988 ratings
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The V Girl: A Coming of Age Story
The V Girl: A Coming of Age Story 3.96 avg rating — 16,713 ratings
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Matilda
Matilda 4.33 avg rating — 1,072,675 ratings
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Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,218 ratings
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Holes (Holes, #1)
Holes (Holes, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 1,332,893 ratings
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Easy (Contours of the Heart, #1)
Easy (Contours of the Heart, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 228,798 ratings
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Breathing Underwater (Breathing Underwater, #1)
Breathing Underwater (Breathing Underwater, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 8,929 ratings
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,732,870 ratings
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Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 232,238 ratings
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Catalyst
Catalyst 3.61 avg rating — 17,820 ratings
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Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,651 ratings
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North of Beautiful
North of Beautiful 3.92 avg rating — 35,782 ratings
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Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,151 ratings
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The Rules of Survival
The Rules of Survival 3.98 avg rating — 11,857 ratings
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 3,593,161 ratings
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When Jeff Comes Home
When Jeff Comes Home 3.91 avg rating — 1,029 ratings
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My Sister’s Keeper
My Sister’s Keeper 4.11 avg rating — 1,263,789 ratings
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Carrie
Carrie 3.99 avg rating — 813,599 ratings
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The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,142 ratings
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Faking Normal (Faking Normal, #1)
Faking Normal (Faking Normal, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 8,707 ratings
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Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1)
Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 476,656 ratings
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Glass (Crank, #2)
Glass (Crank, #2) 4.29 avg rating — 73,727 ratings
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Go Ask Alice
Go Ask Alice 3.74 avg rating — 288,652 ratings
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The Outsiders
The Outsiders 4.14 avg rating — 1,538,101 ratings
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Charlie's Secret: Inspired by a true story (Samantha Mallon Book 1)
Charlie's Secret: Inspired by a true story (Samantha Mallon Book 1) 4.10 avg rating — 2,808 ratings
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Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey
Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey 3.85 avg rating — 5,476 ratings
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Push
Push
by: Sapphire
3.87 avg rating — 58,126 ratings
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Eleanor & Park
Eleanor & Park 3.93 avg rating — 1,240,156 ratings
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 3,378,254 ratings
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Sweethearts
Sweethearts
by: Sara Zarr
3.62 avg rating — 18,351 ratings
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Number the Stars
Number the Stars 4.19 avg rating — 608,375 ratings
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White Oleander
White Oleander really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 363,325 ratings
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What Happened to Cass McBride?
What Happened to Cass McBride? 3.71 avg rating — 5,412 ratings
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Asking For It
Asking For It really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 23,887 ratings
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Scars
Scars 4.15 avg rating — 15,501 ratings
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Damaged
Damaged 4.28 avg rating — 19,011 ratings
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If You Find Me
If You Find Me 4.08 avg rating — 24,250 ratings
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Torn
Torn 3.77 avg rating — 744 ratings
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Hate List
Hate List really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 66,207 ratings
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The Watcher
The Watcher 3.49 avg rating — 1,632 ratings
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Counterfeit Son
Counterfeit Son 3.87 avg rating — 1,148 ratings
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Stolen (Stolen, #1)
Stolen (Stolen, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 86,144 ratings
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What Happened to Lani Garver
What Happened to Lani Garver 4.04 avg rating — 3,635 ratings
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A List of Cages
A List of Cages
by: Robin Roe
4.25 avg rating — 27,072 ratings
64.
Bitter End
Bitter End 3.90 avg rating — 7,784 ratings
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All the Rage
All the Rage 3.80 avg rating — 15,256 ratings
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Cut: The True Story of an Abandoned, Abused Little Girl Who Was Desperate to Be Part of a Family
Cut: The True Story of an Abandoned, Abused Little Girl Who Was Desperate to Be Part of a Family 4.31 avg rating — 7,366 ratings
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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 1,594,176 ratings
68.
Heart on a Chain
Heart on a Chain 4.03 avg rating — 17,244 ratings
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Split
Split 4.02 avg rating — 7,843 ratings
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But I Love Him
But I Love Him 3.75 avg rating — 6,512 ratings
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Blubber
Blubber 3.79 avg rating — 37,072 ratings
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Lush
Lush 3.81 avg rating — 6,134 ratings
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The Saddest Girl in the World
The Saddest Girl in the World 4.38 avg rating — 5,017 ratings
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Right Behind You
Right Behind You 4.02 avg rating — 5,455 ratings
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Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, #4)
Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, #4) 3.75 avg rating — 1,832,554 ratings
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Hushed
Hushed 4.03 avg rating — 1,905 ratings
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The Mockingbirds (The Mockingbirds, #1)
The Mockingbirds (The Mockingbirds, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 6,230 ratings
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Beautiful Child
Beautiful Child 4.25 avg rating — 7,246 ratings
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Safe
Safe 3.69 avg rating — 773 ratings
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Tangerine
Tangerine 3.58 avg rating — 33,051 ratings
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Runaway
Runaway 4.11 avg rating — 4,700 ratings
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A Stolen Life
A Stolen Life 3.96 avg rating — 141,483 ratings
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Can't Get There from Here
Can't Get There from Here 3.97 avg rating — 3,107 ratings
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Black-Eyed Suzie
Black-Eyed Suzie 4.17 avg rating — 609 ratings
85.
Tiger Lily of Bangkok
Tiger Lily of Bangkok 4.04 avg rating — 48 ratings
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Damaged: Natalie's Story
Damaged: Natalie's Story 4.06 avg rating — 116 ratings
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The Boy from the Basement
The Boy from the Basement 3.82 avg rating — 1,521 ratings
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Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock 3.87 avg rating — 48,338 ratings
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The Female of the Species
The Female of the Species 4.14 avg rating — 38,477 ratings
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So Much to Tell You (So Much to Tell You, #1)
So Much to Tell You (So Much to Tell You, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 5,870 ratings
91.
Don’t Tell Mummy: A True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal
Don’t Tell Mummy: A True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal 4.05 avg rating — 12,620 ratings
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Some Boys
Some Boys 4.06 avg rating — 9,134 ratings
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After
After
by: Amy Efaw
3.73 avg rating — 19,965 ratings
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Rafferty Lincoln Loves...
Rafferty Lincoln Loves... 4.26 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Candy
Candy 3.86 avg rating — 10,696 ratings
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Mummy Told Me Not to Tell
Mummy Told Me Not to Tell 4.38 avg rating — 5,987 ratings
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Black and Blue
Black and Blue 3.89 avg rating — 83,457 ratings
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Unlovable (Port Fare, #1)
Unlovable (Port Fare, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 6,520 ratings
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The Killer's Cousin
The Killer's Cousin 3.63 avg rating — 2,199 ratings
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Exit, Pursued by a Bear
Exit, Pursued by a Bear 3.91 avg rating — 12,383 ratings
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