alcoholism

When his alcoholic mother disappears, fifteen-year-old Laurence is determined to find her, take care of his little brother, and keep their predicament a secret, all while trying to win a luxury vacation for his mom in a radio call-in contest.

This book examines teen drinking and offers real-world ways to say no to drinking.

Describes the wide use and abuse of alcohol and its harmful effects on a person's mind and body.

Thirteen-year-old Kyle, who is hopeless in math, is tempted to cheat on an exam to please his demanding, heavily drinking father.

A high school boy comes to terms with his drug addiction, life with an alcoholic father, and a younger brother who looks up to him.

Twins Liz and Kyle join their newly-discovered half-brother Will on a road trip back from their father's funeral in Florida to New York on a journey that becomes stranger and stranger, and yields the answers to many long-held mysteries.

After dealing with an alcoholic mother and her abusive boyfriend, a school bully, and life on the wrong side of the tracks in Cleveland, Ohio, high school sophomore Martha Kowalski expects to be happy when she moves in with a rich family across town, but finds that the "rich life" has problems of its own.

Ellen ran away from home and joined a carnival where she married and had a child. Now she has a new life with a new husband and two children, but she drowns her guilt in alcohol and prayer.

Manny relates his coming of age experiences as a member of a poor Mexican American family in which the alcoholic father only adds to everyone's struggle.

As The Avenger searches for the teenage boys who trashed a house in his neighborhood, Buddy, one of the trashers, increases his drinking in order to cope with his parents' separation and his obsession with the daughter of the owner of the vandalized house.