Overcome with guilt when he accidentally kills his best friend Mead, Peter, an alcoholic teenager, hides the body and embraces the fantasy that Mead still lives, even going so far as to impersonate him.
Covers biological, medical, psychological, social, economic, and legal aspects of alcoholism, theories on the cause of the disease, treatments of alcoholism, and organizations dealing with it.
Thirteen-year-old Freedom who, along with her stepbrother, is being raised by an embittered alcoholic mother, longs to know who her father is and why his identity has always been a secret.
High school football star, Chris Serbo, has to face his drinking problem after his grades begin to drop, his girlfriend leaves him, and his Aunt is ready to kick him out of the house.
When her mom moves in with her alcoholic boyfriend, Danni gets a crush on her future stepbrother Haskell, a radical environmentalist involved in ecoterrorism in the Pacific Northwest.
Explores the history of alcohol, discusses its physiological effects on the body, examines why people use it and underage drinking, and offers advice on prevention and treatment of alcohol abuse.
A thirteen-year-old and her recovering alcoholic stepfather forge an awkward father-daughter relationship as she embarks on a quest for popularity and romance and he struggles with the loss of his job.
