Question for Readers Who Know YA/Middle-Grade Books

Hi y’all. I’m looking for books where a main character is an alcoholic, for a middle-grade or YA audience.

That’s the bull’s-eye of the target. Outer circles of the target are books with a subsidiary alcoholic character (I already know about Haymitch so apparently I’m going to venture into the Hunger Games books, pray for me); books with main characters who are addicted to other drugs, including fictional drugs; books where a main character goes through a period of heavy drinking that isn’t especially coded as “alcoholism” by the narrative; books where a main character deals with e.g. alcoholic parents; and books with comedy drunks. I’m definitely still interested in hearing about all of those, but again, the bull’s-eye here is books with an alcoholic main character. The only recent one I’ve read is The Spectacular Now, which I really loved.

Email me your suggestions [email protected] and please do pass this around. Thanks….