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Book List - Teenagers
About abuse | Fiction | Publications

About Abuse

When teenage girls have been sexually abused
by Louise Doyle
ISBN 0062610032

When teenage boys have been sexually abused
by John Napier-Hemy
RSN 7889907

Fiction

The Giver
by Lois Lowry
ISBN 0-440-21907-8

Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear or pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the Community.
When Jonas turns twelve he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true pain and pleasure of life. Now it's time for Jonas to receive the truth.
There is no turning back.

Fictional works about abuse

The Hanged Man
by Francesca Lia Block
ISBN

Bruises
by Anke De Vries, Stacey Knect (translator)
ISBN 18886910030

Acting Normal
by Julia Hoban
ISBN
Parrot in the Oven*
by Victo-r Martinez
ISBN 0-06-447186-1

*Perico, or parrot, was what Dad called me sometimes. It was from a Mexican saying about a parrot that complains how hot is in the shade, while all along he's sitting inside an oven.

Dad believed people were like money. You could be a thousand-dollare person or a hundred -dollar person - even a ten-, five- or one-dollar person. Below that, everybody was just nickels and dimes. To my dad, we were pennies.

Fourteen-year-old Manny Hernandez wants to be more than just a penny. He wants to be a vato firme, the kind of guy people respect. But that's not easy when your father is abusive, your brother can't hold a job, and your mother scrubs the house as if she can wash her troubles away.
In Manny's neighbourhood, the way to get respect is to be in a gang. But Manny's not sure that joining a gang is the solution. Because, after all, it's his life - and he wants to be the one to decide what happens to it.
Winner of the 1996 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, Parrot in the Oven: mi vida is a fresh, original, and powerfully written account of one boy's coming-of-age in a difficult time.
Touching Spirit Bear
by Ben Mikaelsen
ISBN 0-380-97744-3

Ben Mikaelsen paints a vivid picture of a juvenile offender, examining the roots of his anger without absolving him of responsibility for his actions, and questioning a society in which angry people make victims of their peers and communities. Touching Spirit Bear is a poignant testimonial to the power of a pain that can destroy, or lead to healing. - HarperCollins Publishers

Telling
by Marilyn Reynolds
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When She Hollers
by Cynthia Voigt
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I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This
by Jacqueline Woodson
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Publications

The Teenage Survival Handbook
by Regional Maple Leaf Communications Inc.
"Why do teens want to grow up so fast? Because it can be awful that's why! There's no place where you feel like you really belong - you're not a little kid and you're not an adult. Your body starts rearranging itself and doesn't bother to consult you about the changes. Your parents seem to spend most of their time thinking up ways to make you miserable, alternating between telling you you're too old for having one kind of fun and you're too young for another." - Dear Andy (The advice column for teens)
Regional Maple Leaf Communications Inc.
1730 Midland Walwyn Tower, Edmonton Centre, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 2Z2