#hardcover #memoir #family #homebuild #inspiration #nonfiction #overcoming #carabrookins #abuse #divorce 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Georgia

How a House Built a Family

If you were inspired by Wild and Eat, Pray, Love, you’ll love this extraordinary true story of a woman taking the greatest risk of her life in order to heal from the unthinkable. After escaping an abusive marriage, Cara Brookins had four children to provide for and no one to turn to but herself. In desperate need of a home but without the means to buy one, she did something incredible. Equipped only with YouTube instructional videos, a small bank loan and a mile-wide stubborn streak, Cara built her own house from the foundation up with a work crew made up of her four children. It would be the hardest thing she had ever done. With no experience nailing together anything bigger than a bookshelf, she and her kids poured concrete, framed the walls and laid bricks for their two story, five bedroom house. She had convinced herself that if they could build a house, they could rebuild their broken family. This must-read memoir traces one family’s rise from battered victims to stronger, better versions of themselves, all through one extraordinary do-it-yourself project.

Rise

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#hardcover #ballet #bipoc #fiction #ya #abuse #blackvoices 

California

In this raw, searingly honest debut young adult novel, a former aspiring ballerina must confront her past in order to move forward from a devastating fall that leaves her without the use of her legs.

Genie used to fouetté across the stage. Now the only thing she's turning are the wheels to her wheelchair. Genie was the star pupil at her exclusive New York dance school, with a bright future and endless possibilities before her. Now that the future she's spent years building toward has been snatched away, she can't stand to be reminded of it--even if it means isolating herself from her best friends and her mother. The only wish this Genie has is to be left alone.

But then she meets Kyle, who also has a "used to be." Kyle used to tumble and flip on a gymnastics mat, but a traumatic brain injury has sent him to the same physical therapist that Genie sees. With Kyle's support, along with her best friend's insistence that Genie's time at the barre isn't over yet, Genie starts to see a new path--one where she doesn't have to be alone and she finally has the strength to heal from the past.

But healing also means confronting. Confronting the booze her mother, a recovering alcoholic, has been hiding under the kitchen sink; the ex-boyfriend who was there the night of the fall and won't leave her alone; and Genie's biggest, most terrifying secret: the fact that the accident may not have been so accidental after all.

Turning

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

North Carolina

A Novel

Abandoned by their artist mother at the age of 12, Bean and her older sister, Liz, are sent to live in the decaying antebellum mansion of their widowed uncle, where they learn the truth about their parents and take odd jobs to earn extra money before an increasingly withdrawn Liz has a life-shattering experience. 500,000 first printing.

The Silver Star

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West Virginia

Me & Emma

#somethinghappenedtoaligreenleaf #hardcover #youngadult #abuse #fiction #mentalhealth #socialissues 

Texas

Told from two viewpoints, Blythe promises to fix things after her best friend rapes naive Ali at a party, drawing her into the ruthless popular crowd while Ali is still reeling. Includes a list of resources for victims of assault.

Something Happened to Ali Greenleaf

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Out in the Open by Jesús Carrasco (2017, Hardcover)

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Publisher	‎Riverhead Books; Translation edition (July 4, 2017)
Language	‎English
Hardcover	‎240 pages
ISBN-10	‎159463436X
ISBN-13	‎978-1594634369
Item Weight	‎11.4 ounces
Dimensions	‎5.38 x 0.86 x 8.25 inches
 #hardcover #abuse #bestseller #dystopian #fiction #literaryfiction #literature #sexualassault 

"A harrowing, humane, and very beautiful book." --Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You 

A searing dystopian vision of a young boy's flight through an unnamed, savaged country, searching for sanctuary and redemption--a debut novel from one of Europe's bestselling literary stars.
     
A young boy has fled his home. He's pursued by dangerous forces. What lies before him is an infinite, arid plain, one he must cross in order to escape those from whom he's fleeing. One night on the road, he meets an old goatherd, a man who lives simply but righteously, and from that moment on, their paths intertwine.

Out in the Open tells the story of this journey through a drought-stricken country ruled by violence. A world where names and dates don't matter, where morals have drained away with the water. In this landscape the boy--not yet a lost cause--has the chance to choose hope and bravery, or to live forever mired in the cycle of violence in which he was raised. Carrasco has masterfully created a high stakes world, a dystopian tale of life and death, right and wrong, terror and salvation.

Out in the Open

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#ya #youngadult #abuse #trauma #contemporary #hardcover #new #bestseller #novel

Kansas

"Originally published in 2017 in Great Britain by Electric Monkey, an imprint of Egmont UK, Ltd."

I Have No Secrets

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#paperback #fiction #abuse #curse #psychic #romance 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Colorado

Bestselling author Katie McGarry’s trademark wrong-side-of-the-tracks romance is given a new twist in this acclaimed, gritty YA contemporary novel, Only a Breath Apart. They say your destiny is carved in stone. But some destinies are meant to be broken. The only curse Jesse Lachlin believes in is his grandmother’s will: in order to inherit his family farm he must win the approval of his childhood best friend, the girl he froze out his freshman year. A fortune teller tells Scarlett she's psychic, but what is real is Scarlett’s father’s controlling attitude and the dark secrets at home. She may be able to escape, but only if she can rely on the one boy who broke her heart. Each midnight meeting pushes Jesse and Scarlett to confront their secrets and their feelings, but as love blooms, the curse rears its ugly head... "Fair warning: Picture-perfect Scarlett and misunderstood Jesse will have you in your feels."—Girls' Life Magazine

Only a Breath Apart

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#hardcover #fiction #renedenfeld #butterflygirl #sacrifice #love #relationships #family #abuse

Alabama

The Butterfly Girl is a riveting novel that ripples with truth, exploring the depths of love and sacrifice in the face of a past that cannot be left dead and buried. A year ago, Naomi, the investigator with an uncanny ability for finding missing children, made a promise that she would not take another case until she finds the younger sister who has been missing for years. Naomi has no picture, not even a name. All she has is a vague memory of a strawberry field at night, black dirt under her bare feet as she ran for her life. The search takes her to Portland, Oregon, where scores of homeless children wander the streets like ghosts, searching for money, food, and companionship. The sharp-eyed investigator soon discovers that young girls have been going missing for months, many later found in the dirty waters of the river. Though she does not want to get involved, Naomi is unable to resist the pull of children in need—and the fear she sees in the eyes of a twelve-year old girl named Celia. Running from an abusive stepfather and an addict mother, Celia has nothing but hope in the butterflies—her guides and guardians on the dangerous streets. She sees them all around her, tiny iridescent wisps of hope that soften the edges of this hard world and illuminate a cherished memory from her childhood—the Butterfly Museum, a place where everything is safe and nothing can hurt her. As danger creeps closer, Naomi and Celia find echoes of themselves in one another, forcing them each to consider the question: Can you still be lost even when you’ve been found? But will they find the answer too late?

The Butterfly Girl

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#hardcover #new #christmas #abuse #adoption #family #light

When Alexander helps an old man instead of going to see the annual lighting of the Christmas torch, he does not realize the reward his kindness will bring.

Light of Christmas

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#hardcover #fiction #youngadult #ya #mentalhealth #motherdaughter #youngadultfiction #abuse #mystery #suspense

Washington

Committed to a mental hospital against her will for something she claims she did not do, Cassie O'Malley signs herself out against medical advice when she turns eighteen and tries to start over at college, until her estranged mother appears, throwing everything Cassie believes about herself into question.

The First Time She Drowned

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#paperback #mentalillness #abuse #learning #friendship #greatread

Pennsylvania

In a book that pairs science with mental illness, and heart with adventure, Erin E. Moulton delivers a moving story about family, friendship and the lengths we go for the people we love.

Lucy Peevy has a dream--to get out of the trailer park she lives in and become a famous scientist. And she's already figured out how to do that: Build a robot that will win a cash prize at the BotBlock competition and save it for college. But when you've got a mama who doesn't always take her meds, it's not easy to achieve those goals. Especially when Lucy's mama takes her, her baby sister Izzy, and their neighbor Cam away in her convertible, bound for parts unknown. But Lucy, Izzy and Cam are good at sticking together, and even better at solving problems. But not all problems have the best solutions, and Lucy and Izzy must face the one thing they're scared of even more than Mama's moods: living without her at all.

Perfect for fans of Sharon Creech's Walk Two Moons, Jerry Spinelli's Maniac Magee and Katherine Paterson's The Great Gilly Hopkins.


Praise for CHASING THE MILKY WAY
 
"Chasing the Milky Way takes readers along for the highest of highs and lowest of lows. A much-needed addition."--School Library Journal

"A poignant story filled with chaos, deep affection and hope."--Kirkus Reviews

"An empathetic portrayal of mental illness full of sensitivity and, ultimately, hope."--Booklist

"Moulton...writes freely about children forced to assume adult responsibilities while remaining in touch with their idealism, and the possibility of everyday magic."--Publishers Weekly

Chasing the Milky Way

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#hardcover #fiction #Ohio #Abuse #DomesticViolence 

Back from the Cold War, intelligence officer Keith Landry returns to his hometown of Spencerville, Ohio. Twenty-five years after their last encounter, Keith runs into his first love, Annie, now unhappily married to the town's chief of police--an abusive alcoholic. In his efforts to reclaim Annie, Keith will have to draw on all the skills of a violent lifetime.


Arkansas

First Edition

Spencerville

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Has blemishes, see pics. Dust jacket is a little rough but still in one piece. #hardcover #christian #abuse #women #relationships #faith #newpath #inspirational #fiction #christianfiction

Missouri

Crossings Book Club Edition 

Serenity Bay

-good condition except for some minor spots and bends-

Tennessee

Sherman Smith saw the most terrible thing happen. At first he tried to forget about it, but soon something inside him started to bother him. He felt nervous for no reason. Sometimes his stomach hurt. He had bad dreams. And he started to feel angry and do mean things, which got him in trouble. Then he met Ms. Maple, who helped him talk about the terrible thing that he had tried to forget. Now Sherman is feeling much better. This gently told and tenderly illustrated story is for children who have witnessed any kind of violent or traumatic episode, including physical abuse, school or gang violence, accidents, homicide, suicide, and natural disasters such as floods or fire. An afterword by Sasha J. Mudlaff written for parents and other caregivers offers extensive suggestions for helping traumatized children, including a list of other sources that focus on specific events.

A Terrible Thing Happened

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#paperback #alistofcages #fiction #youngadult #contemporary #childabuse #abuse #drama 

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 hasn't seen in five years. Adam is ecstatic to be reunited. At first, Julian seems like the boy he once knew. He's still kind hearted. He still writes stories and loves picture books meant for little kids. But as they spend more time together, Adam realizes that Julian is keeping secrets, like where he hides during the middle of the day, and what's really going on inside his house. Adam is determined to help him, but his involvement could cost both boys their lives. First-time novelist Robin Roe relied on life experience when writing this exquisite, gripping story featuring two lionhearted characters.

A List of Cages

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#paperback #alistofcages #fiction #contemporary #youngadult #drama #abuse #childabuse 

Michigan

APRIL HAD ALWAYS FELT LIKE AN OUTSIDER.

Her older sister Brenda was tall, athletic, competitive, and sure of herself. But April Taylor was short, sensitive, and overweight -- and she couldn't bounce back from their father's cutting criticisms the way Brenda did. April didn't know why their once-loving dad had become a coldhearted monster, but she was sure it had something to do with her. And she could see how his cruel behavior was tearing away at her gentle mother. But a glimmer of happiness returns when Brenda brings home her college roommate: beautiful, bewitching Celia. And April wonders if she might not be so different from Brenda after all....

April Shadows

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Florida

#hardcover #Dog #Sledteam #wolves #meanpeople #Abuse #cold #winter #death

DOES HAVE A SLIGHT PINK CRAYON MARK ON THE COVER!!!

SUMMARY: Buck, a powerful dog, half St. Bernard and half sheepdog, lives on Judge Miller's estate in California's Santa Clara Valley. He leads a comfortable life there, but it comes to an end when men discover gold in the Klondike region of Canada and a great demand arises for strong dogs to pull sleds.

Illustrated by Charles Pickard

The Call of the Wild

#paperback #youngadult #mentalhealth #abuse

Nevada

Speak

New Hampshire

#hardcover #africanamerican #abuse #tonimorrison

Ohio

"Vivid," hailed the New York Times Book Review of Sugar, Bernice L. McFadden's bestselling debut novel. This beloved new writer returns to the Brooklyn of her childhood in The Warmest December, a triumphant coming-of-age novel. Childhood can be rough, but for Kenzie growing up in the Lowe home means opening the bottom drawer of her father's dresser to choose which of the three belts coiled, waiting like snakes, she wants to get whipped with; trips to Bee Hive Liquor for her father's vodka; and dreaming of the day she can escape apartment A5. Buoyed by the graceful voice that has become McFadden's trademark, The Warmest December is the incredibly moving story of one family and the alcoholism, that determined years of their lives. Narrated by a young woman reminiscent of Jamaica Kincaid's Annie John, and moving from the Brooklyn of the 1970's to 90's, Kenzie Lowe discovers as she visits her dying father that choices she once thought beyond her control are very much hers to make.Praise for Bernice L. McFadden's bestselling debut, Sugar:"A literary explosionÉMcFadden reveals amazing talent and promise that the literary world can revel in and look forward to hopefully well into the next century." --Chicago Defender"She's a writer on the caliber of Toni Morrison. Very rich, very woven, and very layered."--The Dallas Morning News

The Warmest December

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#hardcover #middlegrade #mystery #fantasy #magicalrealism #abuse #family #ya

"Thoughtful and hugely empathetic" (The Guardian).The Light Jar is a compelling mystery that celebrates imagination and the light within.Nate and his mother are running away. Fleeing from a bad situation at home, they hide out in an abandoned cottage in the middle of a forest. Though it's old and run-down, at least it's a place of their own.Then Nate's mother heads off for groceries and doesn't return. Has she run into trouble, or simply abandoned him? He is left alone and afraid, with the dark -- and all his old fears -- closing in on him.But comfort can come from the most unexpected of places: like a strange girl trying to solve the mystery of a treasure hunt, and the reappearance of a friend from his past. Will Nate find the bravery he needs to face down his fears, survive on his own, and ultimately illuminate his future?The Light Jar is a captivating story of fear and hope, loneliness and friendship, and finding the light within, even in the darkest of times.

Cara Brookins

Rise

Joy L. Smith

Turning

Jeannette Walls

The Silver Star

Elizabeth Flock

Me & Emma

Hayley Krischer

Something Happened to Ali Greenleaf

Jesús Carrasco

Out in the Open

Penny Joelson

I Have No Secrets

Katie McGarry

Only a Breath Apart

Rene Denfeld

The Butterfly Girl

Richard Paul Evans; Daniel Craig (Illustrator)

Light of Christmas

Kerry Kletter

The First Time She Drowned

Erin E. Moulton

Chasing the Milky Way

Nelson DeMille

Spencerville

Bette Nordberg

Serenity Bay

Margaret M. Holmes; Cary Pillo (Illustrator); Sasha J. Mudlaff (Afterword by)

A Terrible Thing Happened

Robin Roe

A List of Cages

Robin Roe

A List of Cages

V. C. Andrews

April Shadows

Robin Roe

A List of Cages

Jack London

The Call of the Wild

Laurie Halse Anderson

Speak

Robin Roe

A List of Cages

Bernice L. McFadden

The Warmest December

Lisa Thompson

The Light Jar