Child sexual abuse | Batavia High School Media Center

Learning to Swim

A series of poems convey the feelings of a young girl whose sense of joy and security at the family's summer house is shattered when an older boy who lives nearby sexually abuses her.

American poetry, Child sexual abuse, Children's poetry, American, Juvenile poetry, Mothers and daughters

811
TUR

Sixteen-year-old Jeff, returning home after having been kidnapped and held prisoner for three years, must face his family, friends, and school and the widespread assumption that he engaged in sexual a

Child sexual abuse, fiction, Kidnapping

FIC
Atk

First Person Plural

Cameron West

The author provides an account of his life as a person with multiple personalities, discussing his efforts to understand what was happening to him, and his struggles to hang on to his family and some

1955-, Adult child abuse victims, Biography, Case studies, Child sexual abuse

B
WEST

33 Snowfish

Adam Rapp

Custis, a homeless fugitive from a pornography producer, hits the road with Curl, a child prostitute, and her boyfriend Boobie who has just killed his parents and kidnapped his infant brother, but the

Babies, Child sexual abuse, fiction, Homeless persons, Middle West

FIC
RAP

No Crueler Tyrannies

Dorothy Rabinowitz

Explores the hysteria surrounding child sexual-abuse cases in the 1980s and 1990s, recounting the events surrounding high-profile cases and how they were portrayed in the media.

Child sexual abuse, Child witnesses, False testimony, Fells Acres Day Care (Firm), Interviewing in child abuse

345.73
RAB

I Was a Teenage Fairy

Francesca Lia Block

A feisty, sexy fairy helps a young woman heal traumas from her past.

Child sexual abuse, Fairies, fiction, Los Angeles (Calif.)

FIC
BLO

The Me Nobody Knows

Barbara Bean

Provides anecdotes, interviews, exercises, and advice designed to help teens deal with the effects of sexual abuse.

Child sexual abuse, Juvenile literature, Mental health, Rehabilitation, Sexually abused teenagers

616.85
BEA

We Are Not Alone

Jade C. Angelica

A first-person account of one teenage boy's struggle to overcome sexual abuse that includes advice and exercises designed to help other young men come to terms with their own abuse and understand the

Child sexual abuse, Mental health, Sexually abused children, Trials (Child sexual abuse)

364.15
ANG

Silver

Norma Fox Mazer

Despite their different backgrounds, Sarabeth, a teenager living with her mother in a trailer and transferring to a new school, makes friends with Grant and her affluent friends, including troubled Pa

Child sexual abuse, fiction, Friendship

FIC
MAZ

Laurie Tells

Linda Lowery

When her mother doesn't believe her, eleven-year-old Laurie tells a supportive aunt that she is being sexually abused by her father.

Child sexual abuse, Fathers and daughters, fiction, Incest

FIC
LOW