Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> Social Themes - Physical & Emotional Abuse (see also Social Themes - Sexual

Matt is missing. Bonnie's brother left his classroom to use thebathroom --and disappeared. A police dog traces his scent to the curb, where he apparently got into a vehicle. But why would Matt go anywhere with a stranger? Overwhelmed with fear, Bonnie discovers that her dog is gone, too. Was Pookie used as a lure for Matt? Bonnie makes one big mistake in her attempt to find her brother. In a chilling climax on a Washington State ferry, Bonnie and Matt must outsmart their abductor or pay with their lives.

Fifteen-year-old Marybell holds a dark secret. Growing up in an abusive home, she suffers unspeakable crimes at the hands of her father, and she buries her hurt, anger, and confusion in a tiny corner of her heart. Adopted by two kind-hearted people, Marybell struggles to forget the past and settle in to her new life.

When she begins to date Angel, things turn difficult at home. Her mother no longer trusts her, and it's not long before the frightening memories return with a vengeance. She pours out her feelings in her journal, seeking solace in the written word. She breaks up with Angel and...

An awkward but handsome fifteen-year-old, Donnie Darning has a brilliant mind but a dysfunctional family. His father is overbearing, and his mother drowns her problems in alcohol. Fortunately, his dismal world doesn't compare to the vast universe he finds inside books, but he is tired of living life vicariously through reading stories.

Josie Rosado changes all that. Beautiful and exotic, the seventeen-year-old daughter of a Romani immigrant has just moved in with her family next door to Donnie. Josie is charismatic and worldly, a wonderful mystery to be solved, and Donnie is immediately...

An awkward but handsome fifteen-year-old, Donnie Darning has a brilliant mind but a dysfunctional family. His father is overbearing, and his mother drowns her problems in alcohol. Fortunately, his dismal world doesn't compare to the vast universe he finds inside books, but he is tired of living life vicariously through reading stories.

Josie Rosado changes all that. Beautiful and exotic, the seventeen-year-old daughter of a Romani immigrant has just moved in with her family next door to Donnie. Josie is charismatic and worldly, a wonderful mystery to be solved, and Donnie is immediately...

The story continues, and this is "My Life As I Know It, Part V." Pam wants to go on a hayride because she thinks it will be romantic, and our heroine is not so sure it's a good idea. All sorts of thoughts and ideas are explored in this book as heroine continues to explore life past and present and gives her thoughts and perspectives on some not so pretty parts of our world and its history. Dyan is an award winning author, a former teacher and an attorney who not only understands kids of all ages, she remembers when she was a kid This is why all her books are age appropriate and funny as...

An acclaimed Printz Honor Book and ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults selection. While on a layover at Bangkok Airport, 16-year-old Gemma, the unknowing object of a long obsession, is kidnapped by Ty and stolen away to the Australian Outback.

From master storyteller An Na comes the Printz Award-winning novel about a Korean girl who tells her firsthand account of trying to find her place and identity in America from the day she leaves Korea as a child to her rocky journey through the teenage years.

At age four, Young Ju moves with her parents from Korea to Southern California. She has always imagined America would be like heaven: easy, blissful, and full of riches. But when her family arrives, she finds it to be the opposite. With a stubborn language barrier and cultural dissimilarities, not only is it impossible to make...

When her younger brother becomes victim to Ridgeview High's worst group of bullies, Peyton Greene sets out to hire the most feared student in school to protect him. It never occurs to her that the antisocial, two-time senior won't agree to do it, even for the large sum she's willing to pay.

Sam Guerra can't afford to pick a fight at school and risk another expulsion, but after witnessing the beginning of a humiliating locker room beat down, he gets involved anyway. Soon more students approach him with offers of money and requests for protection. Having zero interest in becoming...

Will Moore has been Missy Jamison's best friend for years, and until recently, she hadn't considered going there with him for fear of losing the only relationship she trusts. But senior year is almost over and dating other people hasn't worked out, not with Missy's crazy home life constantly pushing her further into Will's safer world, making her attraction to her BFF more difficult to ignore.

When a forgery incident at school lands Missy under house arrest and banned from spending time with Will, she's unable to ignore her dysfunctional home life any longer. In a desperate...