After an unexpected transfer to the States for her senior year, Suranne's new friends give her just one instruction: stay away from Kane Richards.

According to everyone, he's a heartless playboy concerned only for himself. With one glance, it's easy to see why he gets away with it. But things aren't always what they seem, especially when he sets his sights on her and whispers that she's different.

Despite all the red flags, Suranne considers whether or not his intentions are genuine or if she's simply another name on his list.

In the process, she may just uncover the real Kane Richards. But, when it comes down to it, the real Kane Richards may not want to be found. Filled with raw emotion, Kane Richards Must Die explores relationships, trust, love, and what can happen when life takes an unexpected turn.

The At Issue series includes a wide range of opinion on a single controversial subject. Each volume includes primary and secondary sources from a variety of perspectives -- eyewitnesses, scientific journals, government officials and many others. Extensive bibliographies and annotated lists of relevant organizations to contact offer a gateway to future research.

For over 25 years, the Greenhaven Press Opposing Viewpoints Series has developed and set the standard for current-issue studies. With more than 90 volumes covering nearly every controversial contemporary topic, Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. Each title explores a specific issue by placing expert opinions in a unique pro/con format. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. By choosing from such diverse sources and including both popular and unpopular views, the Opposing Viewpoints editorial team has adhered to its commitment to editorial objectivity. Readers are exposed to many sides of a debate, which promotes issue awareness as well as critical thinking. In short, Opposing Viewpoints is the best research and learning tool for exploring the issues that continually shape and define our turbulent and changing world.

Christians and all parents must be committed to bringing about an historical turning point of changing the lives of our delinquent children. There is a solution if we follow the guidelines given, and put God's principles back into our homes, schools and the lives of our children. We have the power to do this. Proven facts are given, why gangs are formed and how Satan has brought his pleasures into our childrens minds which creates violence, suicide and destruction of their lives.

Teens!! It isn't fair that you have depression or bipolar disorder. You can continue along the same path, but chances are, if someone gave you this workbook, that path isn't the best. Working through these pages will help you understand what the heck everyone is talking about. You might even see some of your behaviors and thoughts. It has practical suggestions to help you cope. What does it hurt to try? Ultimately, it is your choice to work through the issues. But, it's kinda nice to see that you aren't the only one to have these crazy thoughts.

Using her wealth of experience as a Marriage and Family Therapist working with troubled children and teens, Margot Desannoy gives us an entertaining, enlightening look at the world of a twelve-year-old girl dealing with her father's alcoholism, her parents' separation and what the process of healing through psychotherapy is really like. The author packs Alex and the Amazing Dr. Frankenslime with insight, empathy and humor. She brilliantly describes the thoughts, feelings and comments of the rebellious and resistant Alexandra with accurate and hilarious teen speak as the young girl fights to avoid seeing a therapist and dealing with her pain. By the end of this riveting story, the reader gains considerable understanding of how a skilled and caring therapist can help a young girl begin to find a way out of turmoil. The well-researched appendices and lists of resources both for kids and parents offer extensive information about mental health issues. This is a great read for young people struggling with family problems, parents trying to understand their children - and themselves - and therapists looking to laugh, cry and learn. This book offers a message of hope.

This book uses short stories and fun cartoons to educate young readers on real world issues such as drugs, peer pressure, bullying, and guns. You could be in their places one day. Their stories can help you make the right choices.

Coming of age in the drug culture of the 1960s and '70s led many young people to "turn on, tune in, and drop out"-experimenting with every available drug, chasing that ultimate high while looking for someone with whom they could share it. Thinking themselves invincible, they did not realize that they were flirting with danger-although they knew enough to stay below the radar of law enforcement while indulging in the pleasures offered in The Age of Aquarius. One such naive young man slides into the drug underworld with barely a ripple after a life-altering trip as a student to Spain and four years spent in Afghanistan. There, he realizes for the first time that drugs, like any other business, bring money and power-especially the selling of Afghan hashish. While selling tons of hashish to his friends in America, along the way he began experimenting with opium...and then pharmaceutical morphine. After many years, his tolerance to this drug became immense. Each injection could have killed a horse, but Bobby Legend barely felt the high, not as he had when he first began experimenting with the drug. And once his kingdom fell, he brought his overpowering addiction to America, where his relative peace was shattered by unexpected world events.

Coming of age in the drug culture of the 1960s and '70s led many young people to "turn on, tune in, and drop out"-experimenting with every available drug, chasing that ultimate high while looking for someone with whom they could share it. Thinking themselves invincible, they did not realize that they were flirting with danger-although they knew enough to stay below the radar of law enforcement while indulging in the pleasures offered in The Age of Aquarius. One such naive young man slides into the drug underworld with barely a ripple after a life-altering trip as a student to Spain and four years spent in Afghanistan. There, he realizes for the first time that drugs, like any other business, bring money and power-especially the selling of Afghan hashish. While selling tons of hashish to his friends in America, along the way he began experimenting with opium...and then pharmaceutical morphine. After many years, his tolerance to this drug became immense. Each injection could have killed a horse, but Bobby Legend barely felt the high, not as he had when he first began experimenting with the drug. And once his kingdom fell, he brought his overpowering addiction to America, where his relative peace was shattered by unexpected world events.

This book will walk you through what Drugs is, why it is bad for you, and how to avoid picking up this bad habit. There is a story of a young man who goes through his high school doing drugs, and what happens in his life due to making that choice. There are also facts in the story to help understand all about Drugs. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Alya Nuri is an 8 year old girl who is very ambitious to make a change in this world. With the help of God the Greatest, she wants to inspire children and adults to say no drugs, alcohol, and smoking. "You could be healthier and you could use your brain more, if you stay away from things that are bad for you." - Alya Nuri

This book will walk you through what Smoking is, why it is bad for you and how to avoid picking up this bad habit. There is a story of two young friends who go through life and what happens along their lives as they each pick different choices. There are also facts in the story to help understand all about Smoking. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Alya Nuri is an 8 year old girl who is very ambitious to make a change in this world.With the help of God the Greatest she wants to inspire children and adults to say no to drugs, alcohol and smoking. "You could be healthier and you could use your brain more, if you stay away from things that are bad for you." Alya Nuri

By Suzannah Knight

ISBN: 978 1 84747 007 2
Published: 2007
Pages: 158
Key Themes: self-harm, drug abuse, eating disorders, sectioning, mental health services, schizo-affective disorder, bipolar disorder, manic depression, alcoholism, the occult

Description

After a year travelling around the World Suzannah comes back to England to start university. Things start to go wrong as she is tempted into experimenting with drugs. She drops out of university and during her first spell of mania and depression starts to believe in black magic. This is the start of a long and winding journey for Suzannah as she loses all her friends and former lifestyle and leads a dubious existence - self harming and trichotillomania plague and her psyche as she battles with an eating disorder.

Suzannah is eventually sectioned and finds herself in a secure unit battling psychosis. She will not admit to herself she has a problem and refuses to take medication. Lonely and cast adrift she tries to forge a career for herself, but she can't escape the taboo of being labelled 'mental'. Some time later she finds herself in the slums of Darlington, in poverty, and a chronic alcoholic. Overcoming her demons and fighting her schizo-affective disorder Suzannah takes life by the balls and gets herself back to university to finally finish her degree only to once again fall into mental illness, bad relationships and brushes with the law.

With four different diagnoses along the journey and various different forms of medication Suzannah denies her mental illness for a long time and therefore the psychiatrists were unable to help. She loses all her friends through mental illness and any form of normal life until she confronts the problem.

Remarkably and with great character Suzannah's book ends on a high note as she falls in love and marries the man of her dreams to live happily ever after with her son Domini. It is through her own determination and the support of loved ones that Suzannah has changed her life. She will never be totally rid of her illness but with sensible management she has succeeded in finding euilibrium. This is a fascinating and empowering story which should be a great positive influence to those who find themselves in a similar situation to Suzannah.

"The Twinkie Bin" is the story of a teenage girl struggling to survive an unhappy and destructive home life as well as the pressures inherent in growing up. The main character desperately wants to be a successful, good kid. But there are so many issues, and there is too much pain. Without supportive adults in her life, she is unsure of what to do. She turns to alcohol.
Her drinking sends her out of control, spiraling down a path of self-destruction. She winds up in an adolescent drug and alcohol rehabilitation center. She is unable to open up to the counselors there. Her life becomes increasingly unhappy rather than better. Depressed and suicidal, she is transferred to a mental hospital. She hits hard when she lands in The Twinkie Bin - a pivotal event in her young life. "The Twinkie Bin" is a powerful and heart-wrenching adolescent survival story. It courageously addresses teen issues such as drinking, depression and parental conflict. The novel takes the reader on an emotional journey through an honest account of teen angst. "The Twinkie Bin" is a poetic memoir with a message of hope.

Kyle Keegan was like many teenagers: eager to fit in at school, he experimented with alcohol and drugs. Soon, his abuse of these substances surpassed experimentation and became a ruthless addiction to heroin that nearly destroyed his life.
Now in recovery, Keegan tells his remarkable story in Chasing the High. Starting with the early days of alcohol and drug use, Keegan charts his decline into crime and homelessness as his need for heroin surpassed all thoughts of family and friends, of right and wrong. He then goes on to use these experiences to offer guidance and practical advice to other young people who may be struggling with substance abuse. In straightforward, easy-to-understand language and along with the psychiatric expertise of Howard Moss, MD, Keegan discusses what is known about the neurobiology of addiction in young people, how to seek treatment, and how to get the most out of professional help. He also covers such topics as therapies which are used to combat addiction, how to talk to families and friends about substance abuse, and how to navigate risky situations. Both an absorbing memoir and a useful resource for young people.
Part of the Adolescent Mental Health Initiative series of books written specifically for teens and young adults, Chasing the High offers hope to young people who are struggling with substance abuse, helping them to overcome its challenges and to go on to lead healthy, productive lives.

The At Issue series includes a wide range of opinion on a single controversial issue. Each volume includes both primary and secondary sources from a variety of perspectives -- eyewitnesses, scientific journals, government officials and many others. Extensive bibliographies and annotated lists of relevant organizations to contact offer a gateway to further research.

I write for healing and inspiration, My book is about growing up in Los Angeles, California. My book is about the trials, heartaches, and tribulations that teenagers are faced with. I also include poetry as a way to lift my spirit. My book consists of short easy essays targeted at the young Chicano minds that need God in there lives to help them get through difficult times. I also write about my personal bout with the disease of alcoholism, what I used to be like and what God has called me to do which is to write, inspire, and motivate. My book "The Chicano Bible" is a fusion of my volunteer work throughout Southern California, preventing self-destructive behavior among children and youth in a gang alternatives program called Barrio Arte. I founded Barrio Arte in Oceanside, California after having survived the cancerous and often deadly "barrio" warfare that I saw in Los Angeles. My book is a compilation of short stories, poetry, pictures, and God's illumination, strength, hope, and power.

Sara, a mischievous but caring young girl, sets out to cure her aunt of the smoking habit. Each day of the week during her aunt's visit, Sara interrupts her aunt while smoking and delivers a message, in a humorous way, about how harmful the habit is. But her aunt is tricky too, as a surprise present arrives on Sara's birthday, which turns out to be the best present ever.