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Books > Children's & Educational > Life skills & personal awareness, general studies > Personal issues > Smoking, alcohol, drugs & substance abuse
Remember the mouse who wanted a cookie-and a glass of milk to go
with it? Or the moose who wanted a muffin? In If You Give an Ox an
Oxy, adolescents meet an ox who takes a prescription medication
called an opioid. They follow him as he goes from taking a few
opioids, to overusing them, and finally becoming addicted, learning
about treatment for addiction and how dangerous taking illegal
opioid drugs can be. Inspired by the mouse who was clearly addicted
to cookies, Ox's story demonstrates how opioid use often leads to a
cycle of addiction and recovery. Too often this cycle is hard to
break. Although Ox's story is told in a childlike way, opioid use
is a very serious and complex topic. Written by national expert on
the opioid epidemic Dr. Laura E. Happe, If You Give an Ox an Oxy
focuses on preventing opioid misuse for the next generation. Dr.
Happe transforms the beloved childhood picture book into an
educational resource that teens are sure to remember to help them
understand the risks of opioid use-and why it's best not to start
in the first place.
Jana Novak's history sounds like a classic model cliché: tall and gangly, she's uncomfortable with her androgynous looks until she's unexpectedly scouted and catapulted to superstardom.
But the fashion industry is as grimy as it is glamorous. And there are unexpected predators at every turn.
Jana is an ordinary girl from a south London estate, lifted to unimaginable heights. But the further you rise, the more devastating your fall ...
Honest and raw, this is a timely exposé of the dark underbelly of the fashion industry in an era of #TimesUp and #MeToo. It might just be Juno Dawson's most important book yet.
Juno Dawson won the Bookseller YA Book Prize for Meat Market!
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