emotional problems

"Set against the backdrop of The Wizard of Oz, this tale is both a chilling story of abuse and a timeless romance. Sixteen-year-old good girl Dorothy just blew into the small town of Highland Park where the social headquarters is Munchkinland (Dunkin Donuts.) There, she meets Joey a bad boy who tells no one about the catastrophic domestic violence he witnesses at home. Can these two lovers survive peer pressure, Joey s reputation, and his alcoholism? And then there s his family secret which is about to be unleashed. Joey s words are scattered on the page reflecting his broken state. Dorothy is the voice of reason until something so shattering happens that she, too, may lose her grip. Can their love endure, or will it melt away? Drawing from true events, this brutal love story will hit like a punch in the face and is sure to reach into the soul of every reader."--From publisher.

When Rafe Khatchadorian enters middle school, he teams up with his best friend, "Leo the Silent," to create a game to make school more fun by trying to break every rule in the school's code of conduct.

"After his gilfriend, Ani, is assaulted at a party, Ben must figure out how he can help her to heal, if he can help her at all"--Provided by publisher.

After fifteen years of horrific abuse and neglect by her mother and her mother's boyfriends, Joy struggles to understand and accept a normal life with relatives, at school, and with a boyfriend.

"When fourteen-year-old Sam Walsh returns home after three years in the custody of his kidnapper, his older sister Beth and childhood friend Josh must deal with their survivors' guilt, their memories of what really happened the day Sam disappeared, and with the fact that Sam is not the boy they remember, but a troubled teen struggling to re-adapt to normal life"--Provided by publisher.

Adam, now a rising rock star, and Mia, a successful cellist, reunite in New York and reconnect after the horrific events that tore them apart when Mia almost died in a car accident three years earlier.

Two and a half years since Cassie's mother put her in a mental institution against her will, Cassie has turned eighteen and been emancipated. She is, however, entirely unready for college life, and the psychological damage done by her mother proves hard to get rid of. Then Cassie learns truths about her family that makes her wonder if it was her mother all along with mental illness, and, if so, Cassie wonders if she has the responsibility of trying to help her.

Seventeen-year-old Aaron O'Faolain wants to stop using the augmented reality game "FUN." But first, he has to complete his application for termination. Doing so requires him to face his past and present head on. Doing so may lead him to a buried treasure as he struggles with love, loss, and everything in between.

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.

"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.