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Child Abuse Bibliography
362.76 Bre
Breiner, Sander J. Slaughter of the innocents : child abuse through the ages and today. New York, N.Y: Plenum Press, [1990].
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Irwin, Hadley. Abby, my love. New York: New American Library, [1986, 1985].
In love since junior high, Chip and Abby finally share Abby's secret: her father is sexually abusing her.
362.76 Lan
Landau, Elaine. Child abuse : an American epidemic. Rev. ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: J. Messner, [1990].
Discusses the problem of child abuse, its causes and what can be done to prevent it. Includes a list of agencies and organizations that provide information and help to abused children and runaways.
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Magorian, Michelle. Good night, Mr. Tom. 1st American ed. New York: Harper & Row, [1981].
A battered child learns to embrace life when he is adopted by an old man in the English countryside during the Second World War.
P 362.768 Chi
Child abuse prevention handbook : a manual for Episcopal churches, schools and institutions. Sacramento, CA: Crime Prevention Center, [1988].
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Branscum, Robbie. The girl. 1st ed. New York: Harper & Row, [1986].
Left with her four brothers and sisters in the care of a cruel grandmother who resents their existence, an eleven-year-old girl struggles for survival in a poor Arkansas hill community.
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Roberts, Willo Davis. Don't hurt Laurie! 1st ed. New York: Atheneum, [1977].
Laurie is physically abused by her mother. Can she escape? Will anyone believe her story?.
362.76 Ito
Ito, Tom. Child abuse. San Diego, Calif: Lucent Books, [1995].
Video 362.76 Bre
Peltier, Melissa Jo. Break the silence : kids against child abuse. Los Angeles, CA: Arnold Shapiro Productions, [1994].
With the help of animation, four young child abuse survivors tell what happened to them and how they got help. The film provides practical information on what kids and their parents can do to stop and prevent child abuse, and delivers a clear and simple message: "For child abuse to stop, you have to tell an adult you trust."
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Coman, Carolyn. What Jamie saw. 1st ed. Arden, N.C: Front Street, [1995].
Having fled to a family friend's hillside trailer after his mother's boyfriend tried to throw his baby sister against a wall, nine-year-old Jamie finds himself living an existence full of uncertainty and fear.
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Howe, James, 1946. The watcher. 1st ed. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [1997].
As she sits watching a seemingly perfect family and a handsome lifeguard on the beach, a lonely, troubled girl projects herself into the fantasy lives she has created for them.
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Draper, Sharon M. Forged by fire. 1st ed. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [1997].
Teenage Gerald, who has spent years protecting his fragile half-sister from their abusive father, faces the prospect of one final confrontation before the problem can be solved.
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Cart, Michael. My father's scar : a novel. 1st ed. New York, N.Y: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [1996].
As he enters into his first relationships as a gay man, a college freshman recalls the aching loneliness of life with his alcoholic physically abusive father in a community prejudiced against homosexuals.
331.34 Kuk
Kuklin, Susan. Iqbal Masih and the crusaders against child slavery. 1st ed. New York: H. Holt and Co, [1998].
An account of the former Pakistani child labor activist whose life and unexplained murder has brought to the attention of the world the evil of child bondage.
331.34 Gay
Gay, Kathlyn. Child labor : a global crisis. Brookfield, Conn: Millbrook, [1998].
Examines child-labor practices throughout the world within a historical context and discusses ways of dealing with the problem.
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Hunt, Irene and Guidall, George. The lottery rose. Prince Frederick, Md: Recorded Books, [p1996, 1976].
362.76 Dol
Dolan, Edward F. Child abuse. Rev. ed. New York: F. Watts, [1992].
Investigates the various forms of child abuse and the sources of help that are available for victims and abusers.
613.6 Cha
Chaiet, Donna and Gee, Lillian. The safe zone : a kid's guide to personal safety. New York: Morrow Junior Books, [1998].
Discusses various self-defense options which may be used when in an uncomfortable or unsafe situation and suggests what solutions might work in real life.
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Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Don't you dare read this, Mrs. Dunphrey. 1st ed. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [1996].
In the journal she is keeping for English class, sixteen-year-old Tish chronicles the changes in her life when her abusive father returns home after a two-year absence.
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Klass, David. You don't know me : novel. 1st ed. New York: Frances Foster Books, [2001].
Fourteen-year-old John creates alternative realities in his mind as he tries to deal with his mother's abusive boyfriend, his crush on a beautiful, but shallow classmate and other problems at school.
J Sac 12/89/Sachs
Sachs, Marilyn. The Bears’ House. New York: Dutton, [1987].
Although she sucks her thumb, smells bad, and loses herself in the make-believe world of the three bears’ dollhouse, ten-year-old knows Fran how to take care of her baby sister better than anybody else.
Ahmanson Library
August 2001