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Child abuse
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The Rules of SurvivalSeventeen-year-old Matthew recounts his attempts, starting at a young age, to free himself and his sisters from the grip of their emotionally and physically abusive mother. |
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Breathing UnderwaterSent to counseling for hitting his girlfriend, Caitlin, and ordered to keep a journal, sixteen-year-old Nick recounts his relationship with Caitlin, examines his controlling behavior and anger, and de |
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AimeeEven though Zoe is acquitted, it seems that everyone, even her own parents, believe that Zoe helped her best friend, Aimee, commit suicide. |
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Pictures in the DarkLife with their mentally ill mother becomes unbearable for twelve-year-old Sarah and fifteen-year-old Carlie as they are deprived of food and forbidden to use the bathroom. |
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Coping with an Abusive RelationshipThis book describes different forms of abuse, how to recognize their symptoms, and provides suggestions on overcoming an abusive relationship. |
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Hate YouNursing hatred for the father who choked her and damaged her voice as a child, seventeen-year-old Alice writes songs she feels she cannot sing and seeks to reconcile her feelings for herself and her f |
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You Don't Know MeFourteen-year-old John creates alternative realities in his mind as he tries to deal with his mother's abusive boyfriend, his crush on a beautiful, but shallow classmate and other problems at school. |
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The Lost Boy.The author tells of his experiences in five foster homes and juvenile detention, after he was taken away from his abusive mother and alcoholic father, and discusses how he made it into the Air Force, |
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Staying Fat for Sarah ByrnesThe daily class discussions about the nature of man, the existence of God, abortion, organized religion, suicide and other comtemporary issues serve as a backdrop for a high-school senior's attempt to |
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Chinese HandcuffsStill troubled by his older brother's violent suicide, eighteen-year-old Dillon becomes deeply involved in the terrible secret of his friend Jennifer, who feels she can tell no one what her stepfather |
