After the tragic death of her older sister, Mathilda is determined to help her grief-stricken parents and starts to investigate her sister's life, but sorting through secret possessions reveals a plot reminiscent of an ancient myth that urges Mathilda to leave everything behind to discover the truth.
Marni Bates, who suffers from a stress-related disorder called trichotillomania, describes how she discovered the source of her frustration that lead her to want to pull out all her hair, hide her impulse from others, and being confronted about it by others.
a mother's memoir of runaway daughters and reclaimed love
Gwartney, Debra
2010
Debra Gwartney details her efforts to recover her runaway daughters, who at the ages of fifteen and thirteen left home together as a reaction to Debra's divorce from her husband and move to Eugene, Oregon.
Zoey's adventures at finishing school take a wild turn as loyalties are tested, shocking true intentions come to light, and an ancient evil is awakened..
Sam Hughes, living in Hopewell, Kentucky, with her Uncle Emmett, a Vietnam veteran, determines in the summer of 1984 to learn more about the war in which her father was killed in spite of the reticence of other vets to discuss the conflict.
Chronicles the three-year battle of a mentally ill, but perceptive, teenage girl against a world of her own creation, emphasizing her relationship with the doctor who gave her the ammunition of self-understanding with which to destroy that world of fantasy.
An epistolary novel about a teenager named Elizabeth, made up of notes and letters from her best friend, a runaway named Celia; Christina, the new pen pal Elizabeth reluctantly takes on for a school assignment; her busy mother; and Elizabeth's own angst-ridden mind.
Describes the cultural standards of female beauty as seen in the media, their potentially damaging effect on girls' self-esteem, and ways to counteract their negative effects.
Issa Mazumder is shocked to learn her mother is marrying Cat Morena's father, and struggles to accept her new stepsister, who shows no respect for Issa's Indian and African-American heritage, but Issa soon learns that in order to earn Cat's respect, she must welcome Cat's traditions as well.
Andrea Marr is a typical Portland teenager who goes to the malls until she joins a rock band and becomes involved in the underground rock scene, but she soon learns she has to choose between conformity or rebellion.
