Product Description: Abused and abandoned, Katie McBride hasn't had the easiest life, but when she's sentenced to participate in a two-week handcart trek, she discovers a mysterious journal from her family's past that holds the key to her true identity...read more

Thirteen-year-old Cynnie has had to deal with her mother's alcoholism and stream of boyfriends all her life, but when her grandparents take custody of her brother, who has Down Syndrome, Cynnie becomes self-destructive and winds up in court-mandated Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.Thirteen-year-old Cynnie has had to deal with her mother's alcoholism and stream of boyfriends all her life, but when her grandparents take custody of her brother, who has Down Syndrome, Cynnie becomes self-destructive and winds up in court-mandated Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

Wednesday, September 5, 1973: The first day of Karl Shoemaker's senior year in stifling Lightsburg, Ohio. For years, Karl's been part of what he calls "the Madman Underground" - a group of kids forced (for no apparent reason) to attend group therapy during school hours. Karl has decided that senior year is going to be different. He is going to get out of the Madman Underground for good. He is going to act - and be - Normal. But Normal, of course, is relative. Karl has five after-school jobs, one dead father, one seriously unhinged drunk mother . . . and a huge attitude. Welcome to a gritty, uncensored rollercoaster ride, narrated by the singular Karl Shoemaker.

Product Description: Meg's family has moved a lot because of her father's drinking. Meg arrives in her town longing to find a real friend, someone she can talk to and write stories with. When she and Grace join forces to write a book, she's thrilled that she has finally found someone who likes her for who she is, who trusts her and confides in her...read more

Product Description: One hour into her first day of tenth grade, Martha Kowalski knows she’s really in trouble. The school bully, Chardonnay, has already threatened her life—and at home, things are even worse. Martha’s mom, fresh out of rehab, is shacking up with a total jerk in a run-down two-family in the ghetto...read more

Product Description: In this novel by Margaret Buffie, 16-year-old Bernice Dodd feels lucky. Her mother's inheriting Black Spruce Lodge means no more roach-infested apartments or bullies in the hallways. No more avoiding the landlord or sneaking away in the middle of the night because the rent is overdue...read more

Austin Davis believes he has only one option after high school--winning a seat at KTM's Motocross Team and becoming a Factory Rider. But standing in his way of the high-priced sport is oppressive poverty, his violent father's dirtbike past, and a free-style peer with a grudge. Set on the Motocross tracks of the Pacific Northwest, the Loretta Lynn Amateur Nationals Track, and the state-of-the-art KTM training facility in California, Austin, Brooke, Jack, and Amanda experience both the painful and rewarding consequences of making tough choices. Original.

When her father's alcoholism threatens to embarrass twelve-year-old Corey in front of her new infatuation, the handsome Victor, she and her mother hit on a solution that never occurred to them before

The reader tries to help Serena make decisions about drinking alcohol and shares with her the consequences of each decision