Child Advocacy and Child Abuse
Children's Non-Fiction
Chaiet, Donna The Safe Zone: A Kid's Guide to Personal Safety
J 613.6 CHD
Young Adult Non-Fiction
Kurland, Morton L. Coping With Family Violence
YA 362.82 KUM
Non-Fiction
Canada, Geoffrey Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence in America
305.23 CAG
Hubner, John Somebody Else's Children
346.7940 HUJ
Kozol, Jonathan Amazing Grace
362.7 KOJ
McGeady, Mare Rose, Sr. Please Help Me, God
362.74 MCG
Betrayal: A Report on Violence Toward Children in Today's World
362.76 BET
Child Abuse: Opposing Viewpoints
362.76 CHA
Pelzer, Dave A Child Called "It" One Child's Courage to Survive
362.76 PED
Tipp, Stacy Child Abuse: Detecting Bias
362.76 TIS oversize
Mones, Paul A. When A Child Kills: Abused Children Who Kill Their Parents
364.1523 MOP
Humes, Edward No Matter How Loud I Shout, A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court
364.36 HUE
Parent's Shelf
Klassen, Heather I Don't Want to Go To Justin's House Anymore
E KLA Parent's Shelf
Collin is reluctant to go to his friend Justin's house because Justin is being beaten by his father.
The Right Touch: A Read-Aloud Story to Help Prevent Child Sexual Abuse
E KLE Parent's Shelf
As a way of teaching her little boy about sexual abuse, a mother tells him the story of a child who was lured into the neighbor's house to see some non-existent kittens.
Powell, E. Sandy Daisy
E POW Parent's Shelf
A young girl deals with the emotional and physical problems of being a victim of child abuse.
Sanford, Doris I Can't Talk About It
E SAN Parent's Shelf
At her grandmother's beach cottage, Annie reveals her father's sexual abuse of her to a dove who helps her heal and learn to trust again. Lists guidelines for adults to help sexually abused children.
Teacher's Shelf
It's OK to Say No! A Coloring Book
J 362.704 ITS Teacher's Shelf
Juvenile Fiction
Adler, C.S. Fly Free
J Adler, C.
Shy thirteen-year-old Shari, abused at home by a mother who resents her, is befriended by a neighbor who shares her love of birds and the out-of-doors.
Coman, Carolyn What Jamie Saw
J Coman, C.
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.
Deans, Sis Boulos Racing the Past
J Deans, S.
After the death of his abusive father, eleven-year-old Ricky tries to help his younger brother deal with his residual fears and discovers that running helps him deal with his own anger and the taunts of a bullying classmate.
Howe, James The Watcher
J Howe, J.
As she sits watching a seemingly perfect family and a handsome lifeguard on the beach, a lonely, troubled girl projects herself into the fantasy lives she has created for them.
Levinson, Nancy Smiler Silent Fear
J Levinson, N.
Although the social worker assures her that this foster home is the best she could find, Sara concludes that things could be much better.
Shreve, Susan Richards Lucy Forever and Miss Rosetree, Shrinks
J Shreve, S.
Two sixth graders with a pretend psychiatry practice come upon a small mute child from an orphanage and determine they are going to use all their knowledge to help her to talk.
Smith, Doris Buchanan Tough Chauncey
J Smith, D.
Abused by his grandfather and neglected by his mother, a "tough" thirteen-year-old sees running away as the only solution to changing his life until a friend open his eyes to an alternative.
Williams, Carol Lynch The True Colors of Caitlynne Jackson
J Williams, C.
Twelve-year-old Caity and her younger sister Cara must fend for themselves when their abusive mother storms out of the house with a suitcase and doesn't come back.
Young Adult Fiction
Alphin, Elaine Marie Counterfeit Son
T Alphin, E.
When serial killer Hank Miller is killed in a shoot-out with police, his abused son Cameron adopts the identity of one of his father's victims in order to find a better life.
Cart, Michael My Father's Scar
T Cart, M.
As he enters into his first relationships as a gay man, a college freshman recalls the aching loneliness of life with his alcoholic physically abusive father in a community prejudiced against homosexuals.
Crutcher, Chris Chinese Handcuffs
T Crutcher, C.
Still troubled by his older brother's violent suicide, eighteen-year-old Dillon becomes deeply involved in the terrible secret of his friend Jennifer, who feels she can tell no one what her stepfather is doing to her.
Flinn, Alexandra Breathing Underwater
T Flinn, A.
Sent to counseling for hitting his girlfriend, Caitlin, and ordered to keep a journal, sixteen-year-old Nick recounts his relationship with Caitlin, examines his controlling behavior and anger, and describes living with his abusive father.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey
T Haddix, M.
In the journal she is keeping for English class, sixteen-year-old Tish chronicles the changes in her life when her abusive father returns home after a two-year absence.
Klass, David You Don't Know Me
T Klass, D.
Fourteen-year-old John creates alternative realities in his mind as he tries to deal with his mother's abusive boyfriend, his crush on a beautiful, but shallow classmate and other problems at school.
McNamee, Graham Hate You
T McNamee, G.
Nursing hatred for the father who choked her and damaged her voice as a child, seventeen-year-old Alice writes songs she feels she cannot sing and seeks to reconcile her feelings for herself and her father.
Mikaelsen, Ben Touching Spirit Bear
T Mikaelsen, B.
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.
Rottman, S.L. Hero
T Rottman, S.
After years of abuse from his mother and neglect from his father, ninth-grader Sean Parker is headed for trouble when he is sent to do community service at a farm owned by an old man who teaches Sean that he can take control of his own life.
Wynne-Jones, Tim The Maestro
T Wynne-Jones, T.
Fleeing from his brutal father, fourteen-year-old Burl arrives at the remote cabin of an eccentric genius who in just one day changes the young man's life forever.
Fiction
Gibbons, Kaye Ellen Foster
Fic Gibbons Oprah's Book Club
Children's Video
Think: Violence Is For People Who Don't
JVC 362.82 THI Parent's Shelf
Video
The Letter People
VC362.76LEP
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