Buried beneath the baobab tree by Nwaubani, Adaobi 

BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 2018)

BTSB #: 469268 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 6 UG Lexile: 920

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Boko Haram - Fiction Kidnapping victims - Nigeria - Fiction Sexual abuse - Fiction Terrorism - Nigeria - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Africa - Fiction

Summary: A new pair of shoes, a university degree, a husband -- these are the things that a girl dreams of in a Nigerian village. And with a government scholarship right around the corner, everyone can see that these dreams aren't too far out of reach. But the girl's dreams turn to nightmares when her village is attacked by Boko Haram, a terrorist group, in the middle of the night. Kidnapped, she is taken with other girls and women into the forest where she is forced to follow her captors' radical beliefs and watch as her best friend slowly accepts everything she's been told. Still, the girl defends her existence. As impossible as escape may seem, her life and her future is hers to fight for.

Charm & strange by Kuehn, Stephanie 

BTSB Prebound(St. Martin's Griffin, 2013)

BTSB #: 534100 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 4.1 UG RC: 4.3 9-12

Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Psychological abuse - Fiction Mental illness - Fiction Sexual abuse - Fiction

Summary: A lonely teenager exiled to a remote Vermont boarding school in the wake of a family tragedy must either surrender his sanity to the wild wolves inside his mind or learn that surviving means more than not dying.

Chirp by Messner, Kate 

BTSB Prebound(Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 639765 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.6 MG

Genres: Mystery Fiction

Subjects: Bildungsromans Farms - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Secrets - Fiction Sexual abuse - Fiction Mystery fiction Vermont - Fiction

Summary: Moving to Vermont the summer after seventh grade, a young gymnast hides a secret as she makes new friends and investigates her grandmother's claim that someone is trying to destroy her cricket farm.

Chirp by Messner, Kate 

Paperback(Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 639815 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.6 MG

Genres: Mystery Fiction

Subjects: Bildungsromans Farms - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Secrets - Fiction Sexual abuse - Fiction Mystery fiction Vermont - Fiction

Summary: Moving to Vermont the summer after seventh grade, a young gymnast hides a secret as she makes new friends and investigates her grandmother's claim that someone is trying to destroy her cricket farm.

Fade by McMann, Lisa 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2010)

BTSB #: P01042 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-18   


Genres:

Subjects: Dreams - Fiction Sexual abuse - Fiction High schools - Fiction

Summary: Using her ability to tap into other people's dreams, eighteen-year-old Janie investigates an alleged sex ring at her high school that involves teachers using the date rape drug on students.

Grown by Jackson, Tiffany D. 

BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 2020)

BTSB #: 482764 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 3.9 UG

Genres: Mystery Fiction

Subjects: African American women singers - Fiction Rhythm and blues musicians - Fiction African American singers - Fiction Homicide - Fiction Abused women - Fiction Sexual abuse - Fiction

Summary: When Enchanted Jones wakes with blood on her hands and zero memory of the previous night, no one-the police and Korey's fans included-has more questions than she does. All she really knows is that this isn't how things are supposed to be. Korey was Enchanted's ticket to stardom.

Scars by Rainfield, C. A. 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2013)

BTSB #: P02301 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-18   


Genres:

Subjects: Sexual abuse - Fiction Emotional problems - Fiction Cutting (Self-mutilation) - Fiction Self-mutilation - Fiction Artists - Fiction Lesbians - Fiction Memory - Fiction

Summary: Fifteen-year-old Kendra, a budding artist, has not felt safe since she began to recall devastating memories of childhood sexual abuse, especially since she cannot remember her abuser's identity, and she copes with the pressure by cutting herself.

Stained by Rainfield, C. A. 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2013)

BTSB #: P02305 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-18   


Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Sexual abuse - Fiction Kidnapping - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Body image - Fiction Personal appearance - Fiction Birthmarks - Fiction Psychopaths - Fiction

Summary: A teenaged girl bullied for her port-wine stain must summon her personal strength to survive abduction and horrific abuse at the hands of a deranged killer.

Summer of Owen Todd by Abbott, Tony 

BTSB Prebound(Farrar Straus Giroux, 2017)

BTSB #: 040199 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 3.9 MG RC: 3.5 6-8 Lexile: 630

Genres:

Subjects: Best friends - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Sexual abuse - Fiction Cape Cod (Mass.) - Fiction

Summary: In the touristy town of Cape Cod, eleven-year-old Owen faces a dilemma when his best friend Sean is sexually abused by a trusted adult, but warns Owen not tell anyone what is happening.

Swagger by Deuker, Carl 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013)

BTSB #: 275968 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 5.1 MG+RC: 5.6 9-12 Lexile: 760 HL

Genres: Sports

Subjects: Basketball - Fiction Sexual abuse - Fiction

Summary: High school senior point guard Jonas Dolan is on the fast track to a basketball career until an unthinkable choice puts his future on the line.

What unbreakable looks like by McLaughlin, Kate 

BTSB Prebound(Wednesday Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 629136 In Bindery

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.