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Sight for Sore Eyes, A Sight for Sore Eyes, A Ruth Rendell Damaged children grow up in different ways. Some can shuffle off the horrors of the past. Others cannot change who they are, or will never know how. Teddy Grex became a handsome young man. Francine H… OL12106W
I am J I am J Cris Beam J, who feels like a boy mistakenly born as a girl, runs away from his best friend who has rejected him and the parents he thinks do not understand him when he finally decides that it is time to be wh… OL15506882W
The killer's cousin The killer's cousin Nancy Werlin After being acquitted of murder, seventeen-year-old David goes to stay with relatives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he finds himself forced to face his past as he learns more about his strange y… OL15604463W
The drowning boy The drowning boy Susan Terris A twelve-year-old boy who feels he is considered a bungling idiot at home finds new self-confidence helping a six-year-old staying with a neighboring family. OL15855214W
Cut Cut Patricia McCormick While confined to a mental hospital, thirteen-year-old Callie slowly comes to understand some of the reasons behind her self-mutilation, and gradually starts to get better. OL15964381W
At-Risk Students At-Risk Students Charisse Beach At-Risk Students: Transforming Student Behavior details the warning signs of disturbing behaviors, which are often overlooked by educators and/or misdiagnosed by mental health professionals. Educator… OL16814772W
Evidence-based practice with socially and emotionally troubled children and adolescents Evidence-based practice with socially and emotionally troubled children and adolescents Morley D. Glicken The author, a professional social worker and professor at the Arizona State University West Department of Social Work, expresses his concern for the increasing number of children being diagnosed and … OL16948377W
How I survived bullies, broccoli and Snake Hill How I survived bullies, broccoli and Snake Hill James Patterson,Chris Tebbetts When Rafe Khatchadorian is sent to Camp Wannamorra, he teams up with his bunkmates to fend off the more popular kids' plans to ruin their summer OL17050972W
Conscious Parenting (Alchemy of Love Mindfulness Training Book #5) Conscious Parenting (Alchemy of Love Mindfulness Training Book #5) Nataša Pantović Nuit,Ivana Milosavljević **Conscious Parenting** is the **Alchemy of Love Mindfulness Training** designed for parents. We use Transformation Tools and Spiritual Exercises to help parents get in touch with Soul, Love, and Pa… OL17095505W
Cut Cut Patricia McCormick While confined to a mental hospital, thirteen-year-old Callie slowly comes to understand some of the reasons behind her self-mutilation, and gradually starts to get better. OL17700087W
The sacred circle of the hula hoop The sacred circle of the hula hoop Kathy Kennedy Tapp In the early 1960's, thirteen-year-old Robin tries, in a variety of ways, to unravel the mystery behind her older sister's dramatic change of personality and attempted suicide. OL17864245W
The last good day of the year The last good day of the year Jessica Warman Ten years after Samantha and her next door neighbor Remy watched as a man broke into Sam's home and lifted her younger sister, Turtle, from her sleeping bag, Sam's shattered family returns to her chi… OL17923760W
Then Again, Maybe I Won't Then Again, Maybe I Won't Judy Blume Unable to accept or explain his family's newly acquired wealth, his growing interest in sex, and a friend's shoplifting habit, a thirteen-year-old finds the pains in his stomach getting worse and wor… OL1838412W
Half a world away Half a world away Cynthia Kadohata Twelve-year-old Jaden, an emotionally damaged adopted boy fascinated by electricity, feels a connection to a small, weak toddler with special needs in Kazakhstan, where Jaden's family is trying to ad… OL19983505W
Finding perfect Finding perfect Elly Swartz A classic-feeling middle-grade novel with a modern twist about a girl dealing with friendship, family, and OCD. OL20042760W
The Moves Make the Man The Moves Make the Man Bruce Brooks A black boy and an emotionally troubled white boy in North Carolina form a precarious friendship. OL50829W
The stone-faced boy The stone-faced boy Paula Fox Only his strange great-aunt seems to understand the thoughts behind a young boy's expressionless face as he returns on an eerie, snowy night from rescuing a dog that dislikes him. OL67366W
Separation Separation John Bowlby Provides a comprehensive report on the mother-child bond and the emotional effects of and behavioral response to maternal deprivation. A young child when removed from his mother and placed with stra… OL773847W