When Adam Blake lands the best elective ever in his senior year, serving as an aide to the school psychologist, he thinks he's got it made. Sure, it means a lot of sitting around, which isn't easy for a guy with ADHD, but he can't complain, since he gets to spend the period texting all his friends. Then the doctor asks him to track down the troubled freshman who keeps dodging her, and Adam discovers that the boy is Julian -- the foster brother he...

"A groundbreaking book showing the link between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and adult illnesses such as heart disease, autoimmune disease, and cancer--Childhood Disrupted also explains how to cope with these emotional traumas and even heal from them. Your biography becomes your biology. The emotional trauma we suffer as children not only shapes our emotional lives as adults, it also affects our physical health, longevity, and overall wellbeing....

The two-time Newbery Honor winner Gary D. Schmidt delivers the shattering story of Joseph, a father at thirteen, who has never seen his daughter, Jupiter. After spending time in a juvenile facility, he's placed with a foster family on a farm in rural Maine. Here Joseph, damaged and withdrawn, meets twelve-year-old Jack, who narrates the account of the troubled, passionate teen who wants to find his baby at any cost. In this riveting novel, two boys...

Features ten short works that follow the devastation in Louisiana and Mississippi during and after Hurricane Katrina.

"For many people, cutting ties with a toxic family member is a crucial step away from a legacy of dysfunction and toward healing and well-being. In Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members, psychologist Sherrie Campbell offers readers effective strategies for setting strong boundaries after ending contact with a toxic family member and provides powerful tools to help them heal from shame, self-doubt, and stigma"--

To Survivors, I am with you. Keep your head up, find people that will stand next to you in your pain. What feels like a never-ending mess will start to get better? Healing is possible, not easy, but possible. Find your courage and RISE. My first marriage was abusive, my first ex-husband was always cheating on me and did not respect my boundaries sexually. I became pregnant with my youngest child when I did not want to. I was going to school and working....

Growing up in a family of 8 children in the 60s. An alcoholic, narcissistic father and uncaring mother.

What could go wrong when the lives of an abused biracial mystery child and a wealthy widow happen to intersect? Jon Teel is the story of abuse and evil, love and salvation set in a small town in South Louisiana.

Una niña boliviana llega con su familia a la ciudad de Copiapó en busca del sueño de la abundancia por el auge minero. Los ojos de la pequeña recorren esa zona nortina asomados desde la manta en la espalda su madre aymara. Su mirada no alcanza a observar la región pujante, de oportunidades y de cambios. Por el contrario, la niña comienza a experimentar todas las formas de abuso que puede sufrir una pequeña inmigrante. Hay señales del peligro...