suicide

Presents an objective overview of issues related to teenage suicide, sharing primary source materials, facts, and statistics, and discussing the seriousness of teenage suicide, reasons teens choose to take their own lives, whether bullying affects teenage suicide, whether it can be prevented, and related topics.

Explores some of the reasons why teenagers commit suicide and describes some of warning signs to which family and friends should be alert.

Presents the true story of Brent Runyon, who at fourteen set himself on fire and sustained burns over eighty percent of his body and describes the months of physical and mental rehabilitation that followed as he attempted to pull his life together.