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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Celie is a poor black woman whose letters tell the story of 20 years of her life, beginning at age 14 when she is being abused and raped by her father and attempting to protect her sister from the same fate, and continuing over the course of her marriage to "Mister," a brutal man who terrorizes her. Celie eventually learns that her abusive husband has been keeping her sister's letters from her and the rage she feels, combined with an example of love...
2) Brass ring
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English
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Claire Harte and her disabled husband, Jon, run a foundation to help people with spinal cord injuries. Claire witnesses a woman leap to her death, and the tragedy sparks long-buried memories from Claire's childhood that now change her life. Library Journal called BRASS RING "well-written and suspenseful." Formerly published by Harper Collins. BRASS RING was a Literary Guild alternate selection.
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Many people seem to have it all together outwardly, but inside they are a wreck. Their past has broken, crushed, and wounded them inwardly. They can be healed. God has a plan, and Isaiah 61 reveals that the Lord came to heal the brokenhearted. He wants to heal victims of abuse and emotional wounding.
Joyce Meyer is a victim of the physical, mental, emotional, and sexual abuse she suffered as a child. Yet today she has a nationwide ministry of emotional...
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Torpedo ink volume 4
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English
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"Torpedo Ink is Aleksei 'Absinthe' Solokov's whole life. They're his brothers, his family - his everything. But that doesn't stop him from wanting something that only belongs to him. That's why the tough biker has spent the last six weeks at the library, reading every book he can get his hands on and watching the prim and proper librarian who makes his blood rush. For the past six weeks, Scarlet Foley has been fantasizing about the handsome, tattooed...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 22
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English
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Dolores is a class-A emotional basket case, and why shouldn't she be? She's suffered almost every abuse and familial travesty that exists: Her father is a violent, philandering liar; her mother has the mental and emotional consistency of Jell-O; and the men in her life are probably the gender's most loathsome creatures.
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Breaking the silence about sexual abuse is vital—but it’s only the first step. What happens next? For most survivors, the wounds left by such abuse are often left to fester, slowly destroying their lives. Say It Out Loud—a unique blend of memoir and how-to—exposes the emotional scars of sexual abuse and explains the process of healing. In straightforward prose, step by step, Roberta Dolan provides readers with tangible healing strategies,...
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English
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From the Publisher: Finding Grace is the powerful, often humorous, and deeply moving story of one woman's journey of broken dreams. It is the story of how a painful legacy of the past is confronted and met with peace. This book is for anyone who has struggled to understand why our desires-even the simplest ones-are sometimes denied or who has questioned where God is when we need him most. This story is about one woman's unlikely road to motherhood....
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English
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"As the enforcer of the Torpedo Ink motorcycle club, Reaper lives for riding and fighting. He's a stone-cold killer who turns his wrath on those who deserve it. Feelings are a weakness he can't afford--until a gorgeous bartender gets under his skin ... Near Sea Haven, the small town of Caspar has given Anya Rafferty a new lease on life. And she's desperate to hold on to her job at the biker bar, even if the scariest member of the club seems to have...
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English
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"Michelle Stevens has a photo of the exact moment her childhood was stolen from her. In it, she's only eight years old and posing for her mother's beguiling boyfriend, Gary Lundquist--an elementary school teacher, neighborhood stalwart, and brutal pedophile. Later that night, Gary locks Michelle in a cage, tortures her repeatedly, and uses her to quench his voracious and deviant sexual whims. Michelle can also pinpoint the moment she reconstituted...
10) Chasing secrets
Publisher
Direct Source Special Products
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Rating: Not rated. "Contains some material that may not be suitable for children"--Container
An emotionally compelling account of a young woman's struggle to leave the family she knows to find the family she needs.
11) Girl last seen
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Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"Two missing girls. Thirteen years apart. Olivia Shaw has been missing since last Tuesday. She was last seen outside the entrance of her elementary school in Hunts Point wearing a white spring jacket, blue jeans, and pink boots. I force myself to look at the face in the photo, into her slightly smudged features, and I can't bring myself to move. Olivia Shaw could be my mirror image, rewound to thirteen years ago. If you have any knowledge of Olivia...
12) The tale
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A groundbreaking film memoir, based on the filmmaker's own personal experiences, tells the story of Jennifer Fox, a globetrotting documentarian and professor living an apparently enviable life with her boyfriend in NYC. That world is turned upside down when her mother discovers a story Jennifer wrote at thirteen about a 'special' relationship she had with two adult coaches in a North Carolina horse camp.
17) Old God's time
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Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Retired policeman Tom Kettle is enjoying the quiet of his new home. But his peace is interrupted when two former colleagues ask questions about a decades-old case that Tom never came to terms with.
Publisher
Zest Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Things We Haven't Said is a powerful collection of poems, essays, letters, vignettes and interviews written by a diverse group of impressive adults who survived sexual violence as children and adolescents. Structured to incorporate creative writing to engage the reader and informative interviews to dig for context, this anthology is a valuable resource of hope, grit and honest conversation that will help teens tackle the topic of sexual violence,...
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