Across the desert by Bowling, Dusti 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2021)

BTSB #: 140451 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.2 MG

Genres: Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Rescues - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Deserts - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Drug abuse - Fiction Aircraft accidents - Fiction Arizona - Fiction

Summary: While using a public library computer to find help for her mother who is addicted to pain medicine, twelve-year-old Jolene witnesses a friend's livestreamed crash-landing in the Arizona desert and embarks on a journey to rescue her.

Beneath a meth moon by Woodson, Jacqueline 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2012)

BTSB #: P01858 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-18   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Methamphetamine - Fiction Drug abuse - Fiction

Summary: A young girl uses crystal meth to escape the pain of losing her mother and grandmother in Hurricane Katrina, and then struggles to get over her addiction.

Out of reach by Arcos, Carrie 

BTSB Prebound(Simon Pulse, 2012)

BTSB #: 065850 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 4.3 UG RC: 4.7 9-12 Lexile: 650 HL

Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Siblings - Fiction Methamphetamine - Fiction Drug abuse - Fiction Runaway teenagers - Fiction California, Southern - Fiction

Summary: Accompanied by her brother's friend, Tyler, sixteen-year-old Rachel ventures through San Diego and nearby areas seeking her brother, eighteen-year-old Micah, a methamphetamine addict who ran away from home.

Upstander by Preller, James 

BTSB Prebound(Feiwel and Friends, 2021)

BTSB #: 730592 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.6 MG Lexile: 650

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Family problems - Fiction Cyberbullying - Fiction Drug abuse - Fiction Friendship - Fiction

Summary: Mary O'Malley is tired of keeping secrets. Secrets like her older brother Jonny's drug use. Starting seventh grade is tough enough without the upheaval her brother is bringing to their family. When two girls Mary thought were her friends decide to slam another girl online, Mary tries to look the other way. Then the girls turn on Mary, and suddenly, she doesn't have a safety zone.

What about Will by Hopkins, Ellen 

BTSB Prebound(Putnam, 2021)

BTSB #: 463345 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
F&P: Z

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Novels in verse Brothers - Fiction Brain damage - Fiction Drug abuse - Fiction

Summary: Trace's relationship with his older brother Will becomes increasingly complicated after Will suffers a traumatic brain injury while playing football and becomes addicted to pain pills.

What unbreakable looks like by McLaughlin, Kate 

BTSB Prebound(Wednesday Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 629136 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   


Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Human trafficking - Fiction Sexual abuse - Fiction Teenage girls - Fiction Drug abuse - Fiction Self-esteem - Fiction Vulgarity in popular culture - Fiction

Summary: Lex endures the horrors of being trafficked with other girls at a hotel. After being rescued and moving in with her aunt and uncle, she cautiously and slowly tries to get back to her normal life only to be raped by her boyfriend and his friends. When the crime pushes her into the limelight, she uses her new power and influence to help others with the support of family, friends, and a new love.