rehabilitation

Sent to a remote, run-down reform school in Colorado, fifteen-year-old Angela is placed with the better girls, but upon learning that her "dangerous" friends are being isolated and left to live as animals, she takes radical steps to join them and help them escape.

Provides practical advice for teenagers concerning drugs, covering the effects of drug use, how to stay a non-user, how to stop using and stay clean and sober, and how to handle relapses. Also includes journaling suggestions, organization information, and a further reading list.

Discusses the social and physical effects of alcohol, the reasons teenagers drink, the problems caused by teenage alcoholism, and possible preventive measures and treatments.

Examines the process of healing and recovery women must go through after suffering a sexual assault or rape. Offers advice for teenaged women on dealing with the emotional and psychological aftereffects of such assaults.

After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the Native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life.

The author chronicles her experiences in a "behavior modification" facility for wayward teenagers, to which her parents shipped her under the ruse of sending her to summer camp.

A collection of essays from multiple points of view discussing the pros and cons of rehabilitation and punishing criminal offenders.

Two families, who became part of a national news story when it was discovered that their daughters were misidentified after a tragic car accident, leaving one family grieving while another cared for a comatose child, share how their faith helped them overcome the emotional upheaval of the accident and its aftermath.

The author, who is autistic, explains how she rose from her troubled childhood and adolescence suffering with her disorder to be a world leader in the field of animal science.

The author, a brain scientist, describes her experience after a blood vessel exploded in the left side of her brain causing a massive stroke, but due to her own knowledge and previous training, with the support of her mother, was able to completely repair her mind over an eight year period.