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Dating Violence Booklist             Print Page
  
 

Dating Violence

With nearly half of all girls reporting some form of physical aggression during the course of dating, being and staying aware are keys to remaining safe.  Here are some books about teens who have experienced dating violence.

  • Breathing Underwater - Alexandra Flinn
    Call Number: Fiction
    ISBN/ISSN: 0060291982
    Sent to counseling for hitting his girlfriend, Caitlin, and ordered to keep a journal, 16-year-old Nick recounts his relationship with Caitlin, examines his controlling behavior and anger, and describes living with his abusive father.
  • Dreamland - Sarah Dessen
    Call Number: Fiction
    ISBN/ISSN: 0670891223
    After her older sister runs away, 16-year-old Caitlin decides that she needs to make a major change in her own life and begins an abusive relationship with a boy who is mysterious, brilliant, and dangerous.
  • Fault Line - Janet Tashjian
    Call Number: Fiction
    ISBN/ISSN: 0805072004
    When 17-year-old Becky Martin, an aspiring comic, meets Kip Costello, she is caught in a mentally and physically abusive relationship.
  • Inexcusable - Chris Lynch
    Call Number: Fiction
    ISBN/ISSN: 0689847890
    High school senior and football player Keir sets out to enjoy himself on graduation night, but when he attempts to comfort a friend whose date has left her stranded, things go terribly wrong.
  • Just Listen - Sarah Dessen
    Call Number: Fiction
    ISBN/ISSN: 0670061050
    Isolated from friends who believe the worst because she has not been truthful with them, 16-year-old Annabel finds an ally in classmate Owen, whose honesty and passion for music help her to face and share what really happened at the end-of-the-year party that changed her life.
  • Leslie's Journal - Allan Stratton
    Call Number: Fiction
    ISBN/ISSN: 1550376659
    For her 10th grade English class, Leslie keeps a journal that is supposed to remain private--describing her problems with her parents; the many times she gets into trouble; and especially her relationship with handsome Jason, a control freak who very quickly abuses her.
  • Rage - Julie Anne Peters
    Call Number: Fiction
    ISBN/ISSN: 0375852093
    At the end of high school, Johanna finally begins dating the girl she has loved from afar, but Reeve is as much trouble as she claims to be as she and her twin brother damage Johanna's self-esteem, friendships, and already precarious relationship with her sister.
  • Someone to Love Me - Anne Schraff
    Call Number: Fiction
    ISBN/ISSN: 0439904862
    Cindy's relationship with Bobby Wallace has the potential for trouble and danger.
  • Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson
    Call Number: Fiction
    ISBN/ISSN: 0374371520
    A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school.
  • Things Change - Patrick Jones
    Call Number: Fiction
    ISBN/ISSN: 0802789013
    Sixteen-year-old Johanna, one of the best students in her class, develops a passionate attachment for troubled 17-year-old Paul and finds her plans for the future changing in unexpected ways.
 
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