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1) Solo
Author
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Blade endeavors to resolve painful issues from his past and navigate the challenges of his former rockstar father's addictions, scathing tabloid rumors, and a protected secret that threatens his own identity.
2) Burn girl
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"When her mother dies of a drug overdose, sixteen-year-old Arlie must adjust to living with an uncle she has never met and going to school on a regular basis." --
3) Pearl
Author
Publisher
Skyscape
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When her uncle agrees to pay the tuition at a private boarding school, seventeen-year-old Pearl hopes to escape the homelessness and drama of life with her mother, a former rock star who has ruined her life with drugs.
4) Gather
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ian Gray isn't supposed to have a dog, but a lot of things that shouldn't happen end up happening anyway. And Gather, Ian's adopted pup, is good company now that Ian has to quit the basketball team, find a job, and take care of his mom as she tries to overcome her opioid addiction. Despite the obstacles thrown their way, Ian is determined to keep his family afloat no matter what it takes. And for a little while, things are looking up: Ian makes friends,...
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Yaminah Okar left Obsidian and the wreckage of her family years ago. She and her father have made lives for themselves in Brooklyn. She thinks she's moved on to bigger and better things. She thinks she's finally left behind that city she would rather forget. But when a Facebook message about her estranged mother pierces Yaminah's new bubble, memories of everything that happened before her parents' divorce come roaring back. Now, Yaminah must finally...
6) Unchained
Author
Publisher
Saddleback Educational Publishing
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
After two years in a loving home, TJ's mother got him back. She was clean. No pot. No meth. His chest felt like it was burning. His heart was racing. Trapped. He felt trapped. He didn't have a say. Everything he had come to care about was gone. And the brutal life he'd escaped quickly reclaimed him. Kaden Cruz didn't run after him. Instead his voice boomed, You owe us.; TJ didn't look back. But he knew this wasn't the end of Kaden Cruz. He could still...
Author
Publisher
Red Deer Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"This beautifully crafted coming-of-age young adult novel set in Nova Scotia focuses on a young woman's family, friendships, conflicts, healing and inner-strength."--
Larkin Day just escaped a nasty year in high school to spend a summer of refuge in seaside Nova Scotia. It's here she learns that the best way to heal is to give in to something greater than yourself. When an arsonist attempts to destroy that one thing she holds dear, Larkin is forced...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Formats
Description
"Gabi Hernández está en su último año de la preparatoria. Para entretenerse, escribe todo lo que le pasa en su diario: las solicitudes a las universidades, el embarazo de Cindy, cuando Sebastián salió del clóset, los chicos guapos de su clase, la adicción de su padre a la metanfetamina, y toda la comida que se le antoja. Pero lo mejor de todo lo que escribe es la poesía que la ayuda a ser quien es." --
"Sixteen-year-old Gabi Hernandez chronicles...
Author
Publisher
Turner Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Rose Hemmersbach aspires to break out of small town Sparta, Wisconsin and achieve her artistic dreams, just like her aunt Colleen, but must face her mother's heroin addiction and its ramifications first.
"Rose Hemmersbach aspires to break out of small town Sparta, Wisconsin and achieve her artistic dreams at Belwyn School for the Arts after she graduates. Painting is her escape from her annoying siblings and her family's one rule:...
10) High
Author
Publisher
Fitzroy Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"It is impossible not to root for Ceti, almost fifteen, who tells her story of growing up in shelters, learning soccer from her Gramps, and sleeping in her Mom's red truck where they listened over and over to Rolling Stones discs someone left behind. Following in the steps of her hero, Lionel Messi, Ceti is a shooting star on the field. A U.S. scout is coming to watch her play in the State Championship; she has Ruby, her best friend since kindergarten...
