child abuse

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.

Annette Goode, abused by the boarder her mother has taken in, is forced out of her self-imposed solitude when the beautiful, worldly Rhoda decides to be her friend, but Annette finally comes to realize Rhoda's friendship is more burden than blessing.

Discusses various self-defense options which may be used when in an uncomfortable or unsafe situation and suggests what solutions might work in real life.

Discusses the forms of child abuse, its historical and cultural context, and society's methods of dealing with it.

Discusses how to recognize and deal with different kinds of child abuse, including physical abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect.

In 1968, after the death of her beloved Gramps, Delores "Itch" Colchester and her grandmother move from Florida to an Ohio trailer park, where she meets new people and, when she learns that a friend is being abused by her mother, tries her best to emulate her plain-spoken grandfather.

Emma Thomas struggles to make it through her junior year of high school while hiding the abuse she endures at home.

Although Emma Thomas's secret abusive home life has been exposed and her tormentor eliminated, she is still haunted by her experience, and must learn to reclaim her life.

Emma Thomas realizes that while she cannot hide forever, revealing the truth may cost her the only love she has ever known.

While training for a surfing competition to earn a college scholarship, Grace Parker struggles with her feelings toward her best friend Ford Watson and tries to conceal her family's toxic dynamics.