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Abuse, Violence & Safety - Books for Young Adults -

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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 13 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book Activist by Louisa Reid
    Activist - by Louisa Reid

    £7.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781913101749 | ISBN 10: 1913101746

    When an anonymous student posts on a website about the sexual abuse she suffered, and the school fails to deal with the situation, Cassie and her friends know it is time to act.   Cassie goes to a prestigious academic school where girls have onl ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Sky Is Mine by Amy Beashel
    The Sky Is Mine - by Amy Beashel

    £7.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781786075550 | ISBN 10: 1786075555

    Izzy feels invisible. Trapped under the weight of expectation and censored by shame.  Her mum Steph and best friend Grace have always been there to save her. But with one under the control of her stepfather and the other caught in the throe ... more

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  • Cover image of book Peach by Emma Glass
    Peach - by Emma Glass

    £7.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781408886519 | ISBN 10: 1408886510

    Peach is a teenage girl like any other. She has college, and her friends, and her parents and the new baby, and her gorgeous boyfriend Green. She has her friend Sandy, and Sid the cat, and homework to do.   But something has happened – somet ... more

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  • Cover image of book Behind the News: Violence Against Women by Emma Marriott
    Behind the News: Violence Against Women - by Emma Marriott

    £8.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781526305121 | ISBN 10: 1526305127

    In-depth explorations of big topics in today's world.   Go behind the headlines to explore the wider background of news stories that are making a major impact across the world. In Violence Against Women we ask why so many women across the worl ... more

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  • Cover image of book Unspeakable by Abbie Rushton
    Unspeakable - by Abbie Rushton

    £6.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780349002064 | ISBN 10: 0349002061

    Unspoken secrets and dangerous lies . . . Abbie Rushton brings us intrigue and unexpected romance with her thrilling debut novel Megan doesn't speak. She hasn't spoken in months.   Pushing away the people she cares about is just a small price ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Bone Dragon by Alexia Casale
    The Bone Dragon - by Alexia Casale

    £6.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780571295623 | ISBN 10: 0571295622

    Everyone at school thinks that Evie broke her ribs in a car crash ... Evie doesn't talk about why she was adopted and why she really needed an operation. Because some things should never be said.   Now, she is safe and even has a souvenir from ... more

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  • Cover image of book Salvage by Keren David
    Salvage - by Keren David

    £7.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780349001388 | ISBN 10: 0349001383

    A heart-rending but compulsively readable look at how the choices our parents make affect our lives...for ever.  Aidan Jones was my brother. But I couldn't really remember his face. I couldn't remember talking to him or playing with him. He was just ... more

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  • Cover image of book Kill All Enemies by Melvin Burgess
    Kill All Enemies - by Melvin Burgess

    £7.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780141335643 | ISBN 10: 0141335645

    A hard-hitting, soul-crunching future classic from this award-winning master of teen writing.   Everyone says fourteen-year-old BILLIE is nothing but trouble. A fighter. A danger to her family and friends.  But her care worker ... more

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  • Cover image of book Closer by Maxine Linnell
    Closer - by Maxine Linnell

    £5.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781907869266 | ISBN 10: 1907869263

    You wouldn’t mess with Mel. She doesn't care about much, but when things go wrong at home, she cares. She has to find out what’s going on. It’s not a choice. And when she finds out, everything in her life falls apart. And everything has to change.   ... more

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  • Cover image of book Killing Honour by Bali Rai
    Killing Honour - by Bali Rai

    £7.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780552562119 | ISBN 10: 0552562114

    ‘Honour,’ I repeated, wondering how such a small word could have caused so much trouble.   When Sat's sister, Jas, is married off into the Atwal family she changes, she's quiet and distant. But Sat's too busy with his own life; his girlfriend, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
    Speak - by Laurie Halse Anderson

    £7.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780340950777 | ISBN 10: 0340950773

    From her first moment at Merryweather High, Melinda Sordino knows she's an outcast. She busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops - a major infraction in high-school society - so her old friends won't talk to her, and people she doesn't know ... more

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  • Cover image of book Unmasking Sexual Con Games: A Teen
    Unmasking Sexual Con Games: A Teen's Guide to Avoiding Emotional Grooming and Dating Violence - by Kathleen M McGee & Laura H Buddenburg

    £5.99   paperback   (2003) - ISBN 13: 9781889322551 | ISBN 10: 1889322555

    Written and designed especially for teens this companion to the Unmasking Sexual Con Games: Leader's Guide educates and informs teenagers about the dangers of sexual con games. The book shows how teens can protect themselves from being intimidated or ... more

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  • Cover image of book Unmasking Sexual Con Games: Helping Teens Identify Good & Bad Relationships (Leader
    Unmasking Sexual Con Games: Helping Teens Identify Good & Bad Relationships (Leader's Guide) - by Kathleen M McGee & Laura H Buddenberg

    £30.00   paperback   (2003) - ISBN 13: 9781889322544 | ISBN 10: 1889322547

    Coercing or conning a teen into sexual activity - it's called emotional grooming and it happens far too often to boys as well as girls. Using tactics like jealousy intimidation and flattery the emotional groomer manipulates his or her target into a s ... more

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