child abuse

Identifies forms of sexual abuse and offers advice on how to get help and how to avoid such abuse.

Harley Altmyer, left to raise his three younger sisters when his once-devoted mother is sent to prison, is struggling along just fine until he meets and becomes obsessed with the sexy, melancholic mother of two who lives down the road.

Twelve-year-old Rosa's excitement over going to the city with her father turns to despair when she realizes he has been forced to sell her into service as a maid, and her life continues on a downward spiral when she becomes pregnant by her abusive master and is thrown out into the streets to live or die as the gods may choose.

Rosie Childs reflects on her childhood as the only black child of an all-white family in an all-white area of Liverpool in the 1950s, discussing how her skin color impacted every aspect of her life and family.

Annette Goode meets the father who left her and her mother when she was an infant, loses her groom when her uncle announces that she used to be a prostitute, and reconnects with the friend who murdered her rapist.

Presents information for teenagers on abuse to help them understand bullying, sexual abuse, the role of alcohol and drugs, the common traits of abusers, prevention, and how to get help. Includes questions with answers and real-life stories as well as fact-boxes, illustrations, and tables.

After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the Native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life.

Ruby's gift of a sixth sense has given her the ability to know her own destiny and seek her soul mate, a British actor named Orion, whom she winds up nursing back to health after coincidence brings them together.

While living in a home for troubled girls in Germany just after World War II, twelve-year-old Halinka carefully hides her thoughts, feelings, and even her hopes.

After the death of his abusive father, eleven-year-old Ricky tries to help his younger brother deal with his residual fears and discovers that running helps him cope with his own anger and the taunts of a bullying classmate.