Personal & social issues: drugs & addiction (Children's&YA) books

Although he has a great job at the hospital and dreams of becoming a doctor, Clay can't afford to go to college....  Read More >>

Although he has a great job at the hospital and dreams of becoming a doctor, Clay can't afford to go to college....  Read More >>

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The 2007 Newbery Medal winner is now in paperback. Lucky, age 10, doesn't expect running away to be so complicated....  Read More >>

Originally published in 1996, this groundbreaking novel is reissued. In hopes of graduating, Steve York agrees to...  Read More >>

Discover how Nelson, in spite of living in a single parent home and a gang and drug infested environment, became...  Read More >>

Since his dad died, Eddie's mom has spent all her time getting high on OxyContin, leaving Eddie to take care of...  Read More >>

A hit-and-run accident threatens the happiness of two teenage borthers and exposes deeper mysteries. An unnamed...  Read More >>

For use in schools and libraries only. Feeling like outsiders since Caleb Becker's drunken car accident left Maggie...  Read More >>

Wildest Colts Make the Best Horses, The Defending the Development of Spirited Young People By John Breeding ISBN:...  Read More >>

Seth faces a strain on his friendship with Jimmy, who is both a baseball champion and something of an irresponsible...  Read More >>

Everyone expected fifteen-year-old Matt Shaw to be Jeffords Junior High's star basketball player. But Matt never...  Read More >>

By Suzannah Knight ISBN: 978 1 84747 007 2 Published: 2007 Pages: 158 Key Themes: self-harm, drug abuse, eating...  Read More >>

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- A comprehensive examination of the risks and physical and emotional effects of alcoholism, especially among today's...  Read More >>

A book for young alcoholics. Honest personal accounts by AA members of what it's like to get sober at an early age...  Read More >>

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Discusses about the possible side effects of some of the popular antidepressants and how people can cope with them....  Read More >>

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Millions of people use adjectives like shy, introverted, quiet, or introspective to describe themselves. But severe...  Read More >>

From patent medicine and Prohibition to prescription drug abuse and PCP, the abuse of drugs and alcohol has proven...  Read More >>

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Presents the history, physical properties and physiological effects of tobacco, trends and attitudes about smoking...  Read More >>

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