Stories of Abuse - Fiction

America : a novel by E.R. Frank.

America, a runaway boy who is being treated at Ridgeway, a New York hospital, finds himself opening up to one of the doctors on staff and revealing things about himself that he had always vowed to keep secret.

Accelerated Reader Reading Level - 3.6

Chinese handcuffs by Chris Crutcher.

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.

Accelerated Reader Reading Level - 6.0

Forged by fire by Sharon M. Draper.

Gerald, a teenager who has spent years protecting his fragile half-sister from their abusive father, must face the prospect of one final confrontation before the problem can be solved.

Accelerated Reader Reading Level - 4.7

I was a teenage fairy by Francesca Lia Block.

A feisty, sexy fairy helps a young woman heal traumas from her past.

Accelerated Reader Reading Level - 5.1

I hadn't meant to tell you this by Jacqueline Woodson.

Marie, the only African-American girl in the eighth grade willing to befriend her white classmate Lena, discovers that Lena's father is doing horrible things to her in private.

Accelerated Reader Reading Level - 4.1

Friction : a novel by E. R. Frank.

Alex, suffering a bit of a crush on her eighth-grade teacher Simon, becomes confused about what is true when a new girl at Forest Alternative claims Simon has been molesting her and Alex.

Accelerated Reader Reading Level - 4.0

When Jeff comes home by Cathrine Atkins.

Sixteen-year-old Jeff, returning home after having been kidnapped and held prisoner for three years, must face his family, friends, and school and the widespread assumption that he engaged in sexual activity with his kidnapper.

Accelerated Reader Reading Level - 4.1

When Kambia Elaine flew in from Neptune by Lori

Aurelia Williams.

Shayla, an aspiring writer growing up in a poor section of Houston, can't figure out the new girl next door, Kambia Elaine, who tells fantastic stories.

Accelerated Reader--Level 5.3

Margaux with an X by Ron Koertge.

Margaux, known as a "tough chick" at her Los Angeles high school, makes a connection with Danny, who, like her, struggles with the emotional impact of family violence and abuse.

Accelerated Reader Reading Level - 3.8Accelerated Reader AR

Reading Level - 5.2

Stitches by Glen Huser.

Travis, a middle-school student who wants to become a professional puppeteer, has endured years of torment from a trio of bullies, but he finds himself fighting for his life when the harassment turns to violence just after the ninth-grade dance.

Accelerated Reader Reading Level - 5.4

33 snowfish by Adam Rapp

Custis, a homeless fugitive from a pornography producer, hits the road with Curl, a child prostitute, and her boyfriend Boobie who has just killed his parents and kidnapped his infant brother, but their quest for a better life meets with little success until Custis makes an unlikely friend.

Accelerated Reader Reading Level - 5.2

Stories of Abuse - Nonfiction

The tiger's child by Torey Hayden.

Traces the author's relationship with Sheila, a young woman struggling to deal with her memories of an abusive childhood and a former student in Hayden's special education class.

Murphy's boy by Torey L. Hayden.

A psychologist reconstructs her 2 1/2 year association with Kevin Richter, a disturbed teenager, as he remembers the physical and mental abuse of his parents and the murder of his sister.

Ghost girl : the true story of a child in peril and the teacher who saved her by Torey L. Hayden.

A teacher of emotionally disturbed children tells of her work with a silent and withdrawn eight-year-old girl who is the possible victim of ritual abuse.

Accelerated Reader Reading Level - 5.7

A child called "It" : one child's courage to survive by David Pelzer.

David Pelzer, victim of one of the worst child abuse cases in the history of California, tells the story of how he survived his mother's brutality and triumphed over his past.

Accelerated Reader Reading Level - 5.8

When Rabbit howls: The Troops for Truddi Chase ; introduction and epilogue by Robert A. Phillips, Jr.

An account of the life of Truddi Chase, a woman who developed multiple personalities as a result of childhood abuse and incest.

Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber.

The story of a survivor of terrifying childhood abuse, victim of sudden and mystifying blackouts, and the first case of multiple personality ever to be psychoanalyzed.

The flock by Joan Frances Casey with Lynn Wilson

Joan Frances Casey and her therapist, Lynn Wilson, chronicle Joan's intense journey to healing from multiple personality disorder, describing her diagnosis, her diverse personalities, her discovery that she had been abused as a child, and the growth of her and Lynn's relationship from doctor-patient to mother-daughter.