child abuse

The story of the author's work with one emotionally-disturbed child who is nearly autistic but has a very high IQ.

Describes the life of Martin O'Boy, a young child growing up in Ottawa during WWII, his being sexually abused, and how he reacts to it.

In the forgotten little town of Azul in rural Argentina, there is a magical house. No one has lived there for almost as long as anyone can remember. But once a year, at midnight, the house turns blue, and twenty-four hours later it turns white again. For twelve-year-old Cintia, the little blue house is a refuge from life with her angry father. When the house is suddenly put up for sale, she and her best friend Bruno set out to save it.

After years of abuse from his father, thirteen-year-old Raymond tries to put his life in order by leaving home, and wishes his abused mother would come too.

Laurie is physically abused by her mother; can she escape, and will anyone believe her story?.

Precious Jones, a sixteen-year-old girl who is pregnant with her second child by her father, is pushed by her courageous African-American teacher to learn to read, and discovers the truth about herself and her life.

As she sits watching a seemingly perfect family and a handsome lifeguard on the beach, a lonely, troubled girl projects herself into the fantasy lives she has created for them.

Two sixth graders with a pretend psychiatry practice come upon a small mute child from an orphanage and determine they are going to use all their knowledge to help her to talk.

In Oregon, eleven-year-old Hope begins coping with her mother's verbal abuse by devising survival strategies for herself based on a history unit about the Holocaust, and meanwhile she works toward buying a pair of purple hiking boots by helping at a second-hand shop.

Discusses how to deal safely with strangers and dangerous situations in school and on the streets.