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61) Unspoken
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Everyone has a mask they wear, and everyone has a story to tell. Though some are considerably darker than others. This is displayed perfectly in the tragic, yet inspiring book, "Unspoken". Author, Robina Ehana, regales her audience with the shocking and heartbreaking experience that is being violated at a young age by someone very close. She illuminates the often hidden dynamics of a toxic and abusive family unit. And she does so all whilst reminding...
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Español
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El abuso sexual puede ocurrir en cualquier escenario: en la casa, en el trabajo, en un consultorio o en la calle. ¿Qué es lo que lleva a alguien a perpetrar este acto, de por sí aberrante, sobre una mujer? Para el discurso conservador dominante, el vestirse de manera provocadora sería una de sus causas. En las antípodas, para el feminismo radical, el abuso sexual es constitutivo del régimen del patriarcado, y la moda, una de sus herramientas....
64) Healing Sunni
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No one would believe or even think that a young girl could have problems. Sunni has a secret problem, and it is a big one. She is trying to protect her family and hide the truth. Although by not telling what is going on to anyone, she is making her life harder. Fear is a real thing for her. It is causing her to withdraw from friends and family. She wonders if she can find help. Can she trust anyone, and if so, who?
Daisy is Sunni's best friend. She...
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Sexual abuse of children and teens is shockingly common, not to mention under-reported and under-prosecuted. Fortunately, research and education are helping to change that. The trauma of sexual abuse may lead to further long-term symptoms such as anxiety, depression, PTSD, eating disorders, and substance abuse. It is known to increase suicidal thoughts and self-harming behaviors. Seeking help from professionals—even years after the abuse
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 17
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The numbers are staggering: nearly one in five girls ages fourteen to seventeen have been the victim of a sexual assault or attempted sexual assault. This is the true story of one of those girls. In 2014, Prout was a freshman at St. Paul's School, a prestigious boarding school in New Hampshire, when a senior boy sexually assaulted her as part of a ritualized game of conquest. She reported her assault to the police and testified against her attacker...
68) Off script
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In this contemporary retelling of Jane Austen's Emma, nineteen-year-old starlet Emma Crawford's favorite role is playing career matchmaker to her friends, but after reuniting with Liam Price and coming into contact with the darker side of Hollywood, she starts to question the glamorous world she has always known.
69) Ever since
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Rocky Pond Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
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2023.
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English
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"Seventeen-year-old Virginia makes bad choices. In fact, she's That Kind of Girl, according to the whispers. But as long as she has her tight group of best friends by her side, she's able to ignore the gossipers. Until she finds herself spending time with Rumi, Poppy's boyfriend. Breaking with tradition, she doesn't hook up with Rumi. Worse, she falls in love with him. While Virginia and Rumi's relationship grows in secret, she discovers that his...
70) Panic
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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As rehearsals begin for the ballet version of Peter Pan, the teenaged members of an Ohio dance troupe lose their focus when one of their own goes missing.
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A story that helps with teaching boundaries.
Asking for permission is a key foundation of consent. We Ask Permission builds children's social and emotional skills and helps with teaching boundaries by encouraging children to look for body language cues and by asking before hugging or touching others.
The third book in the We Say What's Okay series, We Ask Permission follows Jovan as he learns to ask permission and become a body language detective....
72) Grown: a novel
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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"When legendary R&B artist Korey Fields spots Enchanted Jones at an audition, her dreams of being a famous singer take flight. Until Enchanted wakes up with blood on her hands and zero memory of the previous night. Who killed Korey Fields? Before there was a dead body, Enchanted's dreams had turned into a nightmare. Because behind Korey's charm and star power was a controlling dark side. Now he's dead, the police are at the door, and all signs point...
73) Rust & stardust
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Camden, NJ, 1948. When 11 year-old Sally Horner steals a notebook from the local Woolworth's, she has no way of knowing that 52 year-old Frank LaSalle, fresh out of prison, is watching her, preparing to make his move. Accosting her outside the store, Frank convinces Sally that he's an FBI agent who can have her arrested in a minute, unless she does as he says. This chilling novel traces the next two harrowing years as Frank mentally and physically...
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Saints and misfits novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Fifteen-year-old Janna Yusuf, a Flannery O'Connor-obsessed book nerd and the daughter of the only divorced mother at their mosque, tries to make sense of the events that follow when her best friend's cousin--a holy star in the Muslim community--attempts to assault her at the end of sophomore year.
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A story of a sexually abused girl. Broken...confused...and doesn't understand love at all. She doesn't believe in God. She grows up to be a broken adult who has traded sexual abuse for physical abuse believing it's what she deserves. She's never seen a healthy relationship and has no idea how one functions. She's developed a relationship addiction in hopes of finding someone that can love her. In her co-dependency, she strives to find the man that...
76) Palmers Gate
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Set in a small working-class town near the South Jersey shore, Palmers Gate describes 11-year-old Robby Cleff's attempts to understand and befriend the classmate who lives next door. Colleen Gardner is a childlike, virtually silent girl who may or may not be hiding a chilling secret. Sparely written but emotionally charged, the story builds to a powerful, indeed incendiary climax.
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The CDC estimates that nearly one in five women and one in seventy-one men have been raped in their lifetime. Almost half of them experienced their first rape before age eighteen. But what exactly constitutes rape and why does it happen? Using sensitive narrative and inspiring case studies, this book guides teens--whether they are survivors, friends of survivors, or confused or concerned citizens--through the process of what to do if they are raped,...
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ONE STEP AWAY FROM RICA BEFORE THE LORD ENTERS. We all love the Governor of our state, take this journey and find out what happens to the Governor of Maryland as he is, caught with Ronnie and Mia breaking the rules.
Travel with Mia on her emotional journey as she grabs the stretcher by the arm only to find the injured women is her mother.
Laugh with Lamar and Adriane, while traveling through their days of adventure.
Feel the emotions of Mr. Tee and...
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The sexual exploitation of children is one of our most disturbing social problems. It's far more common than most people realize: more children are coping with sexual abuse than with asthma. This book provides clear and supportive information on what sexual abuse is, how to get help, and how to help a friend who has experienced it. Sexual violence and harassment are alarmingly widespread problems that we as a society have only just begun to confront....
80) Sexual Abuse
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Sexual abuse is not an expression of love; it's hurtful and destructive, and it's a crime. Teens read a gripping account of what sexual abuse means, the typical abuser profile, and what the lasting effects of sexual abuse can be. This informative book also explains how sexual abusers are using the Internet to find victims, and it offers helpful steps to prevent being an online victim. The final chapter explores ways to help in coping-through getting...
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