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Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"For three decades, Laurie Kahn has treated clients who were abused as children? People who were injured by someone whom they believed to be trustworthy, someone who professed to love them. Their abusers? A father, stepfather, priest, coach, babysitter, aunt, neighbor? Often were people who inhabited their daily lives. Love is why they come to therapy. Love is what they want, and love is what they say is not going well for them. Kahn, too, had to...
62) Doubt
Pub. Date
2009
Description
When a young nun suspects inappropriate behavior between a priest and the school's only black student, a Catholic school principal sets out to prove the clergyman's guilt.
63) Little Chicago
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
Description
An eleven-year-old boy tries to cope with being sexually abused, neglected, and treated cruelly at school.
66) When she hollers
Author
Pub. Date
[1994]
Description
Tish, a teenager who has been enduring abuse from her adoptive stepfather since she was a small child, finally decides she must do something to stop him.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
To everyone else, Terri White appeared to be living the dream, named one of Folio's Top Women in US Media and accruing further awards for the magazines she was editing. In reality, she was rapidly skidding towards a mental health crisis that would land her in a locked psychiatric ward as her past caught up with her. Coming Undone is Terri's documentation of her unravelling, and her precarious navigation back from a life in pieces.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"More than 75% of sexually victimized children know and trust their abuser--and two-time Olympic gold medalist Kayla Harrison was once among them. Kayla, now an impassioned advocate for children and teens, was abused by her judo coach from ages 12 to 16. Combining Kayla's powerful story with science-based information from two renowned therapists, this unique book provides critical guidance for parents and professionals. Learn how to spot the signs...
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
A Colorado woman's account of being sexually molested by her father, then living under foster care after her father murdered her mother and three of her siblings; of marrying an emotionally abusive man, raising her own family, and finally learning to forgive herself and take control of her life in order to live fully and colorfully.
Author
Pub. Date
p2008
Description
A portion of the proceeds of this book will be donated to the Somaly Mam Foundation.
A riveting, raw, and beautiful memoir of tragedy and hope
Born in a village deep in the Cambodian forest, Somaly Mam was sold into sexual slavery by her grandfather when she was twelve years old. For the next decade she was shuttled through the brothels that make up the sprawling sex trade of Southeast Asia. Trapped in this dangerous and desperate...
A riveting, raw, and beautiful memoir of tragedy and hope
Born in a village deep in the Cambodian forest, Somaly Mam was sold into sexual slavery by her grandfather when she was twelve years old. For the next decade she was shuttled through the brothels that make up the sprawling sex trade of Southeast Asia. Trapped in this dangerous and desperate...
Author
Pub. Date
2017 ,2013, ©2011.
Description
"Sir Alfred has a terrible secret. A secret that should never ever be kept. But who will poor little sir Alfred tell? Who can he trust? This book was written to provide children with essential skills in self-protection, and to encourage them to always speak up."--Page 4 of cover.
"This book was written to provide children with essential skills in self-protection, and to encourage them to always speak up. We recommend that children be read this story...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"The crucial skills taught in this book will help children to protect their bodies from inappropriate touch. Children will be empowered to say in a strong and clear voice, "This is my body! What I say goes!" Through age-appropriate illustrations and engaging text this book, written by the author of 'No Means No!' and 'Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept', will teach children the following crucial and empowering skills in personal body safety: - identifying...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"A STORY OF REDEMPTION AND FORGIVENESS"'NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW For 50 years, Stephanie Plymale kept her past a fiercely guarded secret. No one outside her immediate family would have guessed that her childhood was fraught with every imaginable hardship: a mentally ill mother who was in and out of jails and psych wards throughout Stephanie's formative years, neglect, hunger, poverty, homelessness, truancy, foster homes, a harrowing lack of medical...
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Description
"Sexual abuse is the most significant physical and mental health risk that children face. We can do so much to prevent it by gathering our resources and using the power of two: the parent and the teacher. The purpose of this book is to empower parents and teachers with resources, tools, and helpful real-life tips to help prevent child sexual abuse. This book will take the fear out of sexual-abuse prevention and make it approachable for parents and...
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