Teen Novels About Drugs and High School Drama?
Question by guy you don’t know: Teen novels about drugs and high school drama?
Can you recommend any teen novels that talk about high school drama but with added serious themes such as drugs, premarital sex and even mental disorders due to stress, family problems and friends as well.
Many thanks!
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Answer by Online N
you can try “Aghast” on http://www.EnglishNovels.net
Answer by Ace
The Basketball Diaries” by Jim Carroll. Graphic and somewhat disturbing diary of a teen coming of age, involving copious amounts of sex and drugs.
“Trainspotting” by Irvine Welsh. It’s kind of hard to read since it’s written in Scottish dialect, however if you can get past that, it’s the witty and dark tale of heroin addict slackers and their misadventures.
“Requiem for a Dream” by Hubert Selby Jr. This is kind of a sad book. It is about a group of teens and their family who all have dreams of making it big. Due to their various drug addictions, their dreams crash and burn.
“Coin Locker Babies” by Ryu Murakami. Two teen boys were abandoned and left for dead when they were babies. As they grow up, they become highly disturbed and violent. It’s a pretty creepy book.
“Party Monster” by James St James. It’s not about high school, but it is about parties, sex, drugs, glamor, and murder in the New York City club scene.
“Less Than Zero” by Brett Easton Ellis. A guy and his friends spend their time partying, doing drugs, getting tan, and having sex.
“The Virgin Suicides” by Jeffrey Eugenides. It’s about a group of high school boys infatuated by five beautiful and mysterious sisters. The girls wind up killing themselves.
“The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” by Junot Diaz. About a high school misfit and his family curse.