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24 books recommended for fans of When a Friend Needs a Friend by Roozeboos, tied together by themes of Depression & Mental Illness, Emotions & Feelings, Friendship, and Social Themes.

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Handpicked for thematic and literary overlap — the best shelf companions to When a Friend Needs a Friend.

We ALL Have Something — Logan Noone

We ALL Have Something

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Emotions & Feelings • Friendship

The Kate in Between — Claire Swinarski

The Kate in Between

Claire Swinarski

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Emotions & Feelings • Friendship

Five Things about Ava Andrews — Margaret Dilloway

Five Things about Ava Andrews

Margaret Dilloway

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Emotions & Feelings • Friendship

The Great Jeff — Tony Abbott

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Emotions & Feelings • Friendship

Weirdo — Tony Weaver, Jr.

Tony Weaver, Jr.

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Emotions & Feelings • Friendship

Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers — Caela Carter

Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Emotions & Feelings • Friendship

Balloons for Papa A Story of Hope and Empathy — Elizabeth Gilbert Bedia

Balloons for Papa A Story of Hope and Empathy

Elizabeth Gilbert Bedia

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Emotions & Feelings • Friendship

Shackled — Tom Leveen

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Emotions & Feelings • Friendship

Birdsong — Katya Balen

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Emotions & Feelings • Friendship

Where You’ve Got to Be — Caroline Gertler

Where You’ve Got to Be

Caroline Gertler

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Emotions & Feelings • Friendship

What Happens Next — Claire Swinarski

What Happens Next

Claire Swinarski

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Emotions & Feelings • Friendship

Kat Greene Comes Clean — Melissa Roske

Kat Greene Comes Clean

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Emotions & Feelings • Friendship

Right as Rain — Lindsey Stoddard

Lindsey Stoddard

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Emotions & Feelings • Friendship

Thanks a Lot, Universe — Chad Lucas

Thanks a Lot, Universe

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Emotions & Feelings • Friendship

When Shadows Fall — Sita Brahmachari

When Shadows Fall

Sita Brahmachari

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Emotions & Feelings • Friendship

Harold the Iceberg Melts Down — Lisa Wyzlic

Harold the Iceberg Melts Down

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Emotions & Feelings • Friendship

The Whale Who Felt a Little Blue A Picture Book About Depression — Isla Wynter

The Whale Who Felt a Little Blue A Picture Book About Depression

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Emotions & Feelings • Friendship

I Am Stuck — Julia Mills

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Emotions & Feelings • Friendship

Mr. Men Little Miss: Find Calm — Roger Hargreaves

Mr. Men Little Miss: Find Calm

Roger Hargreaves

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Emotions & Feelings • Friendship

Can You See Me? — Libby Scott

Can You See Me?

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Emotions & Feelings • Friendship

The Big Squeeze — Molly Harris

The Big Squeeze

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Emotions & Feelings • Friendship

The Gray — Chris Baron

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Emotions & Feelings • Friendship

Finding Perfect — Elly Swartz

Finding Perfect

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Emotions & Feelings • Friendship

Diary of a Witness — Catherine Ryan Hyde

Diary of a Witness

Catherine Ryan Hyde

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Emotions & Feelings • Friendship

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with When a Friend Needs a Friend by Roozeboos. Connected by Depression & Mental Illness, Emotions & Feelings, Friendship. Authors featured include Logan Noone, Claire Swinarski, Margaret Dilloway, Tony Abbott, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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