child sexual abuse

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child sexual abuse

The boy in the off-white hat

1984
Thirteen-year-old Skeeter is happy with her summer job as mother's helper at a horse ranch until the arrival of the overly friendly businessman, Burge Franklin, precipitates a crisis that Skeeter is not sure she can handle alone.

Circle the soul softly

2006
Suppressed memories of childhood sexual abuse resurface, jeopardizing fifteen-year-old Kate's relationship with her new boyfriend.

When Jeff comes home

1999
Sixteen-year-old Jeff, returning home after having been kidnapped and held prisoner for three years, must face his family, friends, and school and the widespread assumption that he engaged in sexual activity with his kidnapper.

The Witness wore red

the 19th wife who brought polygamous cult leaders to justice
Rebecca Musser grew up in fear, concealing her family's polygamous lifestyle from the "dangerous" outside world. In her teens she became the nineteenth wife of her people's prophet, eighty-five-year-old Rulon Jeffs, Warren Jeffs' father. After she was widowed, Warren Jeffs threatened her with remarriage so she pulled off a daring escape and sought to build a new life and family on her own terms. But by 2007 she was no longer able to stand hearing about the abuse and underage marriages still being perpetuated, ones she believed put her own sisters at risk. So she took the witness stand against Warren Jeffs, the new, self-proclaimed prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Her testimony revealed the horrific scenes behind the closed doors, sending the leaders to prison for years, and Warren Jeffs for life.

The Road of lost innocence

2009
Born in a village deep in the Cambodian forest, Somaly Mam was sold into sexual slavery by her grandfather when she was twelve years old. For more than a decade she was shuttled through the brothels that make up the sex trade of Southeast Asia. In her twenties, she managed to escape but unable to forget her ordeal, she became a brave leader in the fight against sexual abuse of children. She has rescued some as young as five and continues to show the world how one individual can bring about change.

Some parts are not for sharing

2008
A pair of friendly fish help young children learn about the boundaries of appropriate touching.

Protect your child from sexual abuse

a parent's guide
1984
Presents facts about sexual abuse and teaches children key phrases to use to resist being molested.

Sometimes it's o.k. to tell secrets!

a parent/child manual for the protection of children
1986
Provides discussion on the subject of child abuse and the need of children to be able to tell their parents about it.

Laurie tells

1994
When her mother doesn't believe her, eleven-year-old Laurie tells a supportive aunt that she is being sexually abused by her father.

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