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2014., Simon Pulse Call No: ROMANCE Edition: 1st Simon Pulse har Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: As if her parents' heavy drinking and her father's abuse--which nearly killed her half-brother, Iggy--were not enough, fifteen-year-old Mara is caught kissing her girlfriend, Xylia, by the preacher's son and becomes terrified that her own life is at risk.
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By Booth, Coe2022., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Inc. Call No: REALISTIC F BOO Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After a wonderful seven weeks at Ainsley International School, twelve-year-old Caprice has been offered a full scholarship and she should be delighted, but instead she is full of doubts because what happened at the last night dance has brought back the memory of being sexually abused by her uncle as a four-year-old; worse, her maternal grandmother is ill, and that means going back to the house in Baltimore where it all happened--Caprice has never told anybody but now, as she realizes that her grandmother knew, she tries to find the words to tell someone, and the strength to finally confront her abuser.
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2020., Juvenile, Bloomsbury Children's Books Call No: Fic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Moving to Vermont the summer after seventh grade, a young gymnast hides a secret as she makes new friends and investigates her grandmother's claim that someone is trying to destroy her cricket farm.
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2020., Juvenile, Bloomsbury Children's Books Call No: MYSTERY F MES Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Moving to Vermont the summer after seventh grade, a young gymnast hides a secret as she makes new friends and investigates her grandmother's claim that someone is trying to destroy her cricket farm.
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[2018], Adolescent, Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: REALISTIC F SUR Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Evan's story is inspired by the author's difficult childhood and experiences as a Greek immigrant growing up---and coming out---in an abusive household.
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c2006., Orca Book Publishers Call No: REALISTIC F LAN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Orca soundingsSummary Note: After dying in a drunk-driving accident, Logan finds himself roaming around with helpful spirits in the afterlife who give him the strength to change his ways and complete the one important task he promised his sister he would always do.
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[2020]., Juvenile, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: REALISTIC F BRA Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Ten-year-old Della can rely on her older sister, Suki, for anything, but when Suki attempts suicide, Della must seek help and speak out about the sexual abuse they've both suffered at the hands of their mother's boyfriend"--Provided by the publisher.
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[2020]., Juvenile, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: FIC BRADLEY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Depending on an older sister who protected her when their mother went to prison and their mother's boyfriend committed a terrible act, 10-year-old Della tries to figure out what to do when her older sister attempts suicide.
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[2020]., Pre-adolescent, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: Realistic Fic Bradley Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Depending on an older sister who protected her when their mother went to prison and their mother's boyfriend committed a terrible act, ten-year-old Della tries to figure out what to do when her older sister attempts suicide.
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[2016]., Adolescent, Delacorte Press Call No: MENTAL HEALTH Fic Gla Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: As she struggles to recover and survive, seventeen-year-old homeless Charlotte "Charlie" Davis cuts herself to dull the pain of abandonment and abuse.
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By Weeks, Sarahc2006, Pre-adolescent, Laura Geringer Books Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After moving with his mother to a trailer park to care for an injured aunt, eleven-year-old Jamie Reardon struggles to cope with a deeply buried secret.
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By Scott, Mindi2012., Simon Pulse Call No: YOUNG ADULT Edition: 1st Simon Pulse ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: From the outside, fifteen-year-old Coley Sterling's life seems imperfect but normal, but for years she has buried her shame and guilt over a relationship that crossed the line and now that she has a chance at having a real boyfriend, Reece, the lies begin to unravel.
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c2008., HarperTeen Call No: YOUNG ADULT Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In Mallory, New York, as five sisters, aged eleven to seventeen, deal with assorted problems, conflicts, fears, and yearnings, a mysterious middle-aged man watches them, fascinated, deciding which one he likes the best.
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c2008., HARPERTEEN Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In Mallory, New York, as five sisters, aged eleven to seventeen, deal with assorted problems, conflicts, fears, and yearnings, a mysterious middle-aged man watches them, fascinated, deciding which one he likes the best.
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2012., Adolescent, Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books Call No: YOUNG ADULT Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Sixteen-year-old Angel struggles to free herself from the trap of prostitution in which she is caught."--Provided by publisher.
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2012., Adolescent, Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books Call No: JUV014000 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Sixteen-year-old Angel struggles to free herself from the trap of prostitution in which she is caught."--Provided by publisher.
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2010., Adolescent, Henry Holt Call No: YOUNG ADULT Edition: 1st American ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When his single mother dies of a heroin overdose, fourteen-year-old Nick is sent into England's institutional care system, where he endures harsh punishment, sexual abuse, and witnesses horrors on a daily basis before emerging, emotionally scarred but still alive. Loosely based on "Oliver Twist.".
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-- Period eight2014., Adolescent, Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: MYSTERY F CRY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Period 8 has always been a safe haven and high school senior Paulie "The Bomb" Baum a constant attendee, but as Paulie, Hannah, their friends, and a sympathetic teacher try to unravel the mystery of a missing classmate, the ultimate bully takes aim at the school.
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By Patel, Sonia[2016]., Adolescent, Cinco Puntos Press Call No: YOUNG ADULT Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Rani Patel, almost seventeen and living on remote Moloka'i island, is oppressed by the cultural norms of her Gujarati immigrant parents but when Mark, an older man, draws her into new experiences red flags abound.
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[2017]., Adolescent, Simon Pulse Call No: REALISTIC F BOW Edition: First Simon Pulse hardcover edition September 2017. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Kiko Himura yearns to escape the toxic relationship with her mother by getting into her dream art school, but when things do not work out as she hoped Kiko jumps at the opportunity to tour art schools with her childhood friend, learning life-changing truths about herself and her past along the way.