child abuse

"At the age of 8, Reyna Grande made the dangerous and illegal trek across the border from Mexico to the United States, and discovered that the American Dream is much more complicated that it seemed"--Provided by publisher.

Seventeen-year-old Charlotte has escaped her abusive parents and finally changed her name and identity. So when she begins receiving messages addressed to Piper, her old name, her carefully constructed world begins falling apart. If she cannot find out who the messenger is and stop him, she and her last remaining loved ones may die.

When a punctured bike tire strands them in the woods, Phoenix and her younger sister, Sasha, are happy to be rescued by the handsome Mr. Smith, Phoenix's English teacher. It seems like a dream come true when Mr. Smith starts dating their mother, but Phoenix is wary. She thinks she sees another side to Mr. Smith, a dark and controlling side, and she has to decide whether or not to voice her fears for the sake of her mother and sister.

"Jack, 12, tells the gripping story of Joseph, 14, who joins his family as a foster child. Damaged in prison, Joseph wants nothing more than to find his baby daughter, Jupiter, whom he has never seen. When Joseph has begun to believe he'll have a future, he is confronted by demons from his past that force a tragic sacrifice"--Provided by publisher.

In graphic novel format looks at the life of Katie Green who recovered form a eating disorder and child abuse.

"Having fled to a family friend's hillside trailer after his mother's boyfriend tried to throw his baby sister against a wall, nine-year-old Jamie finds himself living an existence full of uncertainty and fear"--Provided by publisher.

Thirteen-year-old Dellie is overcome with guilt and grief when her brother dies, but when she finds herself at odds with her best friend, Dellie reaches out to a neglected boy who lives in her building in the projects and learns how to have faith in herself from a new neighbor.

"Adam, a high school senior, rescues Julian, a freshman, from an abusive situation."--Provided by publisher.

"In 1969 Alabama, eleven-year-old Dixie Dupree learns that the family she once believed was happy has deep fractures and records everything in her diary in this coming-of-age story about mothers and daughters, the guilt and pain that pass between generations, and the truths that are impossible to hide, especially from ourselves"--.

A fictionalized account of the Pakistani child who escaped from bondage in a carpet factory and went on to help liberate other children like him before being gunned down at the age of thirteen.