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1) Hush
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
After remembering the cause of her best friend Devory's suicide at age nine, Gittel is determined to raise awareness of sexual abuse in her Borough Park, New York, community, despite the rules of Chassidim that require her to be silent.
2) River's Edge
Author
Publisher
Bedazzled Ink Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (208 pages)
Language
English
Description
Forced to spend the summer of 1976 with relatives, Chris Morgan faces many challenges. Her mom and dad are splitting up and she hates being away from them. Now she has to make some tough choices about what she knows is right or giving in to the expectations of her new friends. Surrounded by the danger of the river and the shadows of her family's past, Chris realizes her carefree childhood is ending. --Provided by publisher.
3) Chirp
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"From acclaimed author Kate Messner comes the powerful story of a young girl with the courage to make her voice heard, set against the backdrop of a summertime mystery. When Mia moves to Vermont the summer after seventh grade, she's recovering from the broken arm she got falling off a balance beam. And packed away in the moving boxes under her clothes and gymnastics trophies is a secret she'd rather forget. Mia's change in scenery brings day camp,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ten-tear-old Della has always had her older sister, Suki: When their mom went to prison, Della had Suki. When their mom's boyfriend took them in, Della had Suki. When that same boyfriend did something so awful they had to run fast, Della had Suki. Suki is Della's own wolf--her protector. But who has been protecting Suki?"--Amazon.com.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
When legendary R&B artist Korey Fields spots Enchanted Jones at an audition, her dreams of being a famous singer take flight. Until Enchanted wakes up with blood on her hands and zero memory of the previous night. Who killed Korey Fields? Before there was a dead body, Enchanted's dreams had turned into a nightmare. Because behind Korey's charm and star power was a controlling dark side. Now he's dead, the police are at the door, and all signs point...
6) The Choice
Author
Publisher
Booktrope
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (188 pages)
Language
English
Description
How do you heal from your past when you're still trapped within it? I lost myself the night of the party. Just like that, my innocence and my sanity were torn away. I would like to say that time heals all wounds, but it doesn't. And I would like to say that falling in love is what rescued me, but it wasn't. Nobody told me what to expect in the coming days and weeks and months after conceiving a rapist's child. Years later, my wounds are still just...
7) Rape Girl
Author
Publisher
namelos
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 online resource (126 p.)
Language
English
Description
"Hey, look. It's that girl. That rape girl, right?" Valerie always wanted to be the smart girl. The pretty girl. The popular girl. But not the rape girl. That's who she is now. Rape Girl. Because everyone seems to think they know the truth about what happened with Adam that day, and they don't think Valerie's telling it. Before, she had a best friend, a crush, and a close-knit family. After, she has a court case, a support group, and a house full...
8) Shut Up
Author
Publisher
Morning Glory Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (192 pages)
Language
English
Description
"When their mother is called to Iraq with her National Guard Unit, 17-year-old Mario Barajas and his 10-year-old brother, Eddie, are sent to live with their Aunt Carmen. Soon after the boys move in, their aunt's boyfriend, Denton, begins spending more and more time at Carmen's, particularly with Eddie. When Mario notices that his little brother is laughing less and behaving rather strangely, he soon discovers the sexual abuse that Eddie has been suffering...
Author
Publisher
namelos
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 online resource (128 p.)
Language
English
Description
"A brother and sister bear the scars of a childhood in which they sought comfort and safety in each other, but played games of power and loss instead. Years after the return of their seriously wounded father from Vietnam, 13-year-old Bee Cooney and her older brother, Jacky, still bear their own scars-the result of a childhood spent entangled with each other as they fought to cope with their losses. The memories have not faded. On Labor Day weekend,...
Author
Publisher
namelos
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 online resource (332 p.)
Language
English
Description
"You couldn't call Mount Rosa Hospital a good place to be in 1957, when you were fourteen. But it's where Tevan George was, and James Rowley too, "convalescing" from tuberculosis. And it's where both boys were abused by an older boy-although neither of them did much talking about it, then or later. Shut up! That's what Tevan did. James too, but he never said much about anything anyway. Nine rocky years later, on the run together since they skipped...
11) Girl in pieces
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Charlotte Davis is in pieces. At seventeen she's already lost more than most people lose in a lifetime. But she's learned how to forget. The broken glass washes away the sorrow until there is nothing but calm. You don't have to think about your father and the river. Your best friend, who is gone forever. Or your mother, who has nothing left to give you. Every new scar hardens Charlie's heart just a little more, yet it still hurts so much. It hurts...
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
197 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Since their parents divorce when they were young, Nell and her sister Layla have been each other's stability and support. When Layla starts to pull away, Nell discovers a secret: Layla is involved with one of their teachers. Nell struggles with what to do"--
14) Parachutes
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
476 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A wealthy Chinese teen is sent to America on her own to attend private school. Claire is a rich 11th grader in Shanghai; Dani is a scholarship student at a private school in Southern California who helps her mother clean houses. When Claire is parachuted into America to finish high school and Dani's mother needs the income from a boarder, they become unlikely housemates.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
284 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A fifth-grader whose best friends walked away, whose mother is detached, and whose father does unspeakable things, copes with the help of friend Sofie and anonymous letters tied to balloons and released. Includes a list of resources related to abuse, gender, sexuality, and more.
16) A drop of venom
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
393 pages : Illustrations, map on endpapers ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"All monsters and heroes have beginnings. This is mine. Sixteen-year-old Manisha is no stranger to monsters--she’s been running from them for years, from beasts who roam the jungle to the King’s army, who forced her people, the naga, to scatter to the ends of the earth. You might think that the kingdom’s famed holy temples atop the floating mountains, where Manisha is now a priestess, would be safe--but you would be wrong. Seventeen-year-old...
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