child sexual abuse

Told in alternating points of view, Kabira, Garai, and the other First Sisters share a history of years of sexual violence, oppression, and exploitation at the hands of the vizier Iskan, whose dark powers originate from his control of the sacred spring at his palace at Ohaddin, before the women are able to escape and establish the female haven of Red Abbey on the island of Menos.

"A book to empower and teach children about personal body safety, feelings, safe and unsafe touch, private parts, secrets and surprises, consent, and respectful relationships"--Title page.

"For Cara and her family, every October is inexplicably accident prone. Some years it's bad, like the season when her father died, and some years it's just cuts and scrapes. But this accident season--when Cara, her ex-stepbrother Sam, and her best friend Bea are seventeen--none of that will make a difference. Because the lines between fantasy and reality are starting to blur, and some secrets are threatening to be revealed." -- page [4] of cover.

Summer 1939: twelve-year-old Angie finds the strength to defy the social norms of her small-town community when a dangerous man poses a threat to a friend.

A comprehensive analysis of the courtroom proceedings and behind-the-scenes details involving Michael Jackson's child molestation trial in 2005.

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.

"One night in April 2014, members of the terrorist organization Boko Haram raided the small town of Chibok in northeast Nigeria and abducted 276 young girls from the local boarding school. The event caused massive, international outrage"--Goodreads.

Michelle Stevens reflects on her childhood of sexual abuse at the hands of her mother's boyfriend, and how it shaped her journey of healing, recovery, and triumph as an adult.

After fifteen years of horrific abuse and neglect by her mother and her mother's boyfriends, Joy struggles to understand and accept a normal life with relatives, at school, and with a boyfriend.

"A young child survives a crime no one should ever experience, but soon discovers a path to recovery in stories of caped heroes who share similarly traumatic secret origins"--Back cover.