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The award-winning, genre-defining debut from #1 bestselling author
of "The Fault in Our Stars"
Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award
"Los Angeles Times "Book Prize Finalist
"New York Times "bestseller
First drink
First prank
First friend
First girl
Last words
Miles "Pudge" Halter is abandoning his safe-okay, "boring"-life.
Fascinated by the last words of famous people, Pudge leaves for
boarding school to seek what a dying Rabelais called the "Great
Perhaps."
Pudge becomes encircled by friends whose lives are everything but
safe and boring. Their nucleus is razor-sharp, sexy, and
self-destructive Alaska, who has perfected the arts of pranking and
evading school rules. Pudge falls impossibly in love. When tragedy
strikes the close-knit group, it is only in coming face-to-face
with death that Pudge discovers the value of living and loving
unconditionally.
John Green's stunning debut marks the arrival of a stand-out new
voice in young adult fiction.
"""A powerful and disturbing look at the downward spiral of despair
that remains too common for too many teens ("School Library
Journal")."
Her street name is Maybe. She lives with a tribe of homeless
teens--runaways and throwaways, kids who have no place to go other
than the cold city streets, and no family except for one another.
Abused, abandoned, and forgotten, they struggle against weather,
hunger, and constant danger.
With the frigid winds of January comes a new girl: Tears, a
twelve-year-old whose mother doesn't believe her husband is
abusive. As the other kids start to disappear--victims of violence,
addiction, and exposure--Maybe tries to help Tears get off the
streets...if it's not already too late.
You are bored, bored, bored, stuck in a half-job, berated by your
parents and unsure whether you should marry your cousin. You want
to change. A chance encounter on Facebook leads you to Emmie and
her underground world of strange fashion, drinking, dancing, sex,
and drugs. You become an Emo and discover philosophical atheism and
practical Satanism.
Fills a vital need-that of the child whose parent is undergoing
treatment for addiction and who is overwhelmed with the mixed
emotions and uncertainties of a problem that affects millions of
American families, but which no one wants to talk about. This book
offers encouragement to children of a father (or mother) in
recovery that there IS hope, that their family is NOT strange or
bad, that they are NOT ALONE, and that a happy life in recovery is
possible for their family, too Likeable Gabe makes the journey from
being an almost-friendless, unhappy, and skeptical young boy
reeling from mistreatment at the hands of his addicted father and
the effects the disease of addiction has had on his family, to a
hopeful, happy youngster who takes pride in his dad's greatest
accomplishment: recovery. The shame and isolation felt by the
family members of addicts are explored as Gabe learns important
lessons about the disease of addiction, its widespread nature, and
its solution. Peppered with Gabe's insights and enhanced with
charming and evocative illustrations, The Secret of Willow Ridge:
Gabe's Dad Finds Recovery addresses the emotional and social issues
children of addicts face through an engaging and contemporary
story. With a foreword by Claudia Black, Ph.D. written specifically
for the target reader.
Written specifically for children ages 4-8, this brightly
illustrated book candidly tackles the confusion and fear children
face when a parent enters treatment. With vibrant illustrations by
Mike Motz and a parent guide page included, parents now have a
helpful tool that will ease children's apprehension when someone
they love must confront reality Addiction is a devastating disease
not only to the person who suffers from it, but also to family
members. It's hard enough to explain to an adult how addiction can
affect an individual-just imagine what a child must think when a
parent suddenly goes from a loving and nurturing mother to a
screaming stranger. This book is about Janey and how she learns
about her mother's disease. Written in easy-to-understand language
with brightly colored illustrations, Mommy's Gone to Treatment
addresses some of the issues children face when a parent seeks
help.
James Patterson presents this emotionally resonant novel that shows that while some broken things can't be put back exactly the way they were, they can be repaired and made even stronger.
Kira's Twelve Steps To A Normal Life
1. Accept Grams is gone.2. Learn to forgive Dad.3. Steal back ex-boyfriend from best friend...
And somewhere between 1 and 12, realize that when your parent's an alcoholic, there's no such thing as "normal." When Kira's father enters rehab, she's forced to leave everything behind--her home, her best friends, her boyfriend...everything she loves. Now her father's sober (again) and Kira is returning home, determined to get her life back to normal...exactly as it was before she was sent away.
But is that what Kira really wants?
Life, love, and loss come crashing together in this visceral, heartfelt story by BuzzFeed writer Farrah Penn about a girl who struggles to piece together the shards of her once-normal life before his alcoholism tore it apart.
A practical collection of tools and strategies for prospective
addictions counselors that includes a solid foundation of research,
theory, and history. Practical and comprehensive, Foundations of
Addiction Counseling explores an array of techniques and skills
that a new practitioner will need in the real world while providing
a thorough review of the research, theory, and history of addiction
counseling. With chapters written by expert scholars, this text
covers many topics in depth often ignored by other comparable
books, such as multiple chapters on cross-cultural counseling,
professional issues in addictions counseling, the assessment of
client strengths, gender issues in substance use, working in
rehabilitation centers, and working with clients with disabilities.
Combining practice, research, and theory, the 4th Edition of this
unique text offers students the tools and strategies they need for
successful practice. The revised edition includes new case studies,
extended discussion in the chapters dedicated to substance and
process addictions (Chs. 2-3), a thoroughly updated chapter on
maintenance and relapse prevention (Ch. 13), and an expanded
chapter on substance use and families (Ch 14). Also available with
MyLab Counseling By combining trusted author content with digital
tools and a flexible platform, MyLab personalizes the learning
experience and improves results for each student. MyLab Counseling
organizes all assignments around essential learning outcomes and
the CACREP standards - enabling easy course alignment and
reporting. Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyLab
Counseling does not come packaged with this content. Students, if
interested in purchasing this title with MyLab Counseling, ask your
instructor to confirm the correct package ISBN and Course ID.
Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more
information. If you would like to purchase both the physical text
and MyLab Counseling, search for: 013516687X / 9780135166871
Foundations of Addictions Counseling plus MyLab Counseling with
Pearson eText -- Access Card Package, 4/e Package consists of:
0135166934 / 9780135166932 Foundations of Addictions Counseling
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Access Card -- Foundations of Addictions Counseling, 4/e
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Just Another Little Lie
(Paperback)
Eve Ainsworth; Cover design or artwork by Helen Crawford-White
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Violet's mum hasn't been herself for a while. A few too many
glasses of wine in the evening. Mornings when she can't get out of
bed. Now Violet's the one looking after her little brother and
looking out for empty bottles in Mum's bag. But it's just another
little blip. Mum will be fine again soon. She has to be ... How
long do blips last for? Bestselling author Eve Ainsworth tackles
the difficult subject of alcohol addiction in this stark, honest
and deeply moving novella. Particularly suitable for struggling,
reluctant or dyslexic readers aged 13+
In this novel full of surprises from the New York Times bestselling author of WE WERE LIARS and GENUINE FRAUD, E. Lockhart ups the ante with an inventive and romantic story about human connection, forgiveness, self discovery and possibility.
When Adelaide Buchman's younger brother succumbs to a drug overdose, she saves his life. In the aftermath, looking for distraction, she becomes a stylish, bright charmer who blows off school and falls madly in love - even though her heart is shattered.
Adelaide is catapulted into a summer of wild possibility, during which she will fall in and out of love a thousand times while finally confronting her brother, their history, and her own strength.
A raw and funny story that will surprise you over and over, Adelaide is an indelible heroine grappling with the terrible and wonderful problem of loving other people.
A darkly funny debut for fans of Becky Albertalli, Matthew Quick,
and Ned Vizzini about a nineteen-year-old girl who's consumed by
love, grief, and the many-tentacled beast of self-destructive
behavior. Freshman year at Harvard was the most anticlimactic year
of Danny's life. She's failing pre-med and drifting apart from her
best friend. One by one, Danny is losing all the underpinnings of
her identity. When she finds herself attracted to an older, edgy
girl who she met in rehab for an eating disorder, she finally feels
like she might be finding a new sense of self. But when tragedy
strikes, her self-destructive tendencies come back to haunt her as
she struggles to discover who that self really is. With a starkly
memorable voice that's at turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Love
and Other Carnivorous Plants brilliantly captures the painful
turning point between an adolescence that's slipping away and the
overwhelming uncertainty of the future.
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