Social Themes - Physical & Emotional Abuse

  • Good Night, Mr. Tom

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    “A small, timid refugee from wartime London–and from a sadistic mother–and a lonely villager who has reluctantly accepted the child form a bond of love and trust that is deeply touching. . . . a viv… [more below]

    • Author: Magorian, Michelle
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 338
    • Publish Date: January 26 2026
    • ISBN10: 006440174X
    • Language: English
  • Pick the Lock

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    From Michael L. Printz Award winner A.S. King, a weird and insightful new novel about a girl intent on picking the lock of her toxic family.

    Jane Vandermaker-Cook would like her mother back. As Jane’s

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    • Author: King, A. S.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 400
    • Publish Date: September 30 2025
    • ISBN10: 0593353986
    • Language: English
  • How to Be Normal

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    Astrid is about to start her last year of high school. And her first.

    When her dad loses his job, Astrid’s homeschooling comes to an end. Until now, she has lived within the confines of a tightly con

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    • Author: Crawford, Ange
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 336
    • Publish Date: April 07 2026
    • ISBN10: 176160256X
    • Language: English
  • Kathleen Glasgow 4-Book Boxed Set: Girl in Pieces; How to Make Friends with the Dark; You’d Be Home Now; The Glass Girl

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    A four-book boxed set of #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathleen Glasgow’s critically acclaimed novels, including the TikTok phenemenon Girl in Pieces.

    For the first time, all four of Kathleen G

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    • Author: Glasgow, Kathleen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 1760
    • Publish Date: September 30 2025
    • ISBN10: 9798217032433
    • Language: English
  • Ironman

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    Bo has been at war with his father for as long as he can remember. The rage he feels gives him the energy as a triathlete to press his body to the limit, but it also translates into angry outbursts to

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    • Author: Crutcher, Chris
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: September 12 2023
    • ISBN10: 0060598409
    • Language: English
  • Cope Field

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    Crawford “Craw” Cope has anger issues. Or so they say. When Craw is sentenced to community service for hitting his father in the head with a baseball bat, he accepts his punishment without objection, … [more below]

    • Author: Simpson, T. L.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 272
    • Publish Date: April 22 2025
    • ISBN10: 1635831059
    • Language: English
  • Surrender

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    SURRENDER is a mesmerizing psychological thriller from extraordinary novelist Sonya Hartnett.

    I am dying: it’s a beautiful word. Like the long slow sigh of a cello: dying. But the sound of it is the o

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    • Author: Hartnett, Sonya
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 256
    • Publish Date: August 13 2019
    • ISBN10: 153620644X
    • Language: English
  • A Heart in a Body in the World

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    “This is one for the ages.” –Gayle Forman, author of the #1 bestseller If I Stay
    “A book everyone should read right now.” —The New York Times Book Review
    “A vital and heartbreaking story that brings[more below]

    • Author: Caletti, Deb
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 368
    • Publish Date: September 18 2018
    • ISBN10: 1481415204
    • Language: English
  • Touching Spirit Bear

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    In his Nautilus Award-winning classic Touching Spirit Bear, author Ben Mikaelson delivers a powerful coming-of-age story of a boy who must overcome the effects that violence has had on his life.

    After

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    • Series: Spirit Bear #1
    • Author: Mikaelsen, Ben
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 256
    • Publish Date: January 09 2001
    • ISBN10: 0380977443
    • Language: English
  • The Body of Christopher Creed: A Printz Honor Winner

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    Chris Creed grew up as the class freak–the bullies’ punching bag. After he vanished, the weirdness that had once surrounded him began spreading. And it tore the town apart. Sixteen-year-old Torey Ada… [more below]

    • Author: Plum-Ucci, Carol
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 272
    • Publish Date: November 01 2008
    • ISBN10: 0152063862
    • Language: English
  • You Don’t Know Me

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    Moving, wholly involving, original, and emotionally true, You Don’t Know Me is a multilayered young adult novel that presents a winning portrait of an understandably angst-ridden adolescent.

    John (My

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    • Author: Klass, David
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: September 14 2010
    • ISBN10: 0312653026
    • Language: English
  • The Hollow Inside

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    Sadie meets The Glass Castle in a smart, gripping, and twisty YA debut about a girl seeking to reveal the truth about her mother-and herself.

    Seventeen-year-old Phoenix has spent much of her life drif

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    • Author: Davis, Brooke Lauren
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 384
    • Publish Date: October 04 2022
    • ISBN10: 1547606215
    • Language: English
  • Pick the Lock

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    From Michael L. Printz Award winner A.S. King, a weird and insightful new novel about a girl intent on picking the lock of her toxic family.

    Jane Vandermaker-Cook would like her mother back. As Jane’s

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    • Author: King, A. S.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 400
    • Publish Date: September 24 2024
    • ISBN10: 0593353978
    • Language: English
  • We’ll Never Be Apart

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    Murder.

    Fire.

    Revenge.

    That’s all seventeen-year-old Alice Monroe thinks about. Committed to a mental ward at Savage Isle, Alice is haunted by memories of the fire that killed her boyfriend, Jason.

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    • Author: Jean, Emiko
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: October 25 2016
    • ISBN10: 0544813200
    • Language: English
  • Dreamland

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    From the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Once and For All

    Love can be a very dangerous thing.

    After her sister left, Caitlin felt lost.

    Then she met Rogerson.

    When she’s with hi

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    • Author: Dessen, Sarah
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 250
    • Publish Date: May 11 2004
    • ISBN10: 0142401757
    • Language: English
  • Chasing AllieCat

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    Sadie’s summer just got a whole lot more exciting-and dangerous!

    When Sadie Lester is sent to stay with relatives in small-town Minnesota, she expects a boring few months away from home. But this is s

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    • Author: Fjelland Davis, Rebecca
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 220
    • Publish Date: September 01 2024
    • ISBN10: 9798869071231
    • Language: English
  • Girl in Pieces Deluxe Edition: Includes a Guided Journal for Reflection

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    Don’t miss this special edition of the Booktok sensation, featuring a prompted journaling section for daily reflection by the author!

    “A haunting, beautiful, and necessary book.”–Nicola Yoon, #1 New

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    • Author: Glasgow, Kathleen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 464
    • Publish Date: October 01 2024
    • ISBN10: 0593906101
    • Language: English
  • Bad Romance

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    A heart-wrenching novel about a sixteen-year-old girl trapped in an abusive relationship–and the path she takes to freedom and happiness, from award-winning author Heather Demetrios.

    Like Speak, it i

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    • Author: Demetrios, Heather
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 384
    • Publish Date: June 12 2018
    • ISBN10: 125015877X
    • Language: English
  • We’ll Fly Away

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    National Book Award Longlist Title * Booklist Editors’ Choice * CYBILS Young Adult Fiction Finalist * Nerdy Book Club Award for Best Young Adult Fiction * Paste Magazine Best Book * YALSA Best Fiction

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    • Author: Bliss, Bryan
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 416
    • Publish Date: May 07 2019
    • ISBN10: 0062494287
    • Language: English
  • The Closest I’ve Come

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    A Kirkus Best Book of 2017 * A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year * An ALA/YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection

    Read the book Morris Award finalist Sonia Patel called “a brilliant,

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    • Author: Aceves, Fred
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 336
    • Publish Date: January 07 2020
    • ISBN10: 0062488546
    • Language: English
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