Personal & social issues: drugs & addiction (Children's&YA) books

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Marijuana is very much a part of popular culture and medical marijuana has been legalized across several U.S. states....  Read More >>

""This book uncovers what types of products can be used as inhalants and offers practical advice on overcoming addiction""--...  Read More >>

Crystal meth and other amphetamines are illegal synthetic drugs that are cheap to produce and very damaging. These...  Read More >>

Hallucinogens are a diverse group of drugs that can alter a user's perception, thinking, and feelings. They can...  Read More >>

Few drugs have as many cultural and social implications as cocaine and crack. These drugs link Hollywood and Detroit,...  Read More >>

The best way to describe this book is to describe what it is not. It is not a book to explain away a parents behavior....  Read More >>

A darkly funny debut for fans of Becky Albertalli, Matthew Quick, and Ned Vizzini about a nineteen-year-old girl...  Read More >>

Heidi Walker makes lists. She is careful and cautious. Heidi enjoys running, too. She tells her story about surviving...  Read More >>

This book is about peoples lives and their children. This is called the fallen angel. Something else occurred; I...  Read More >>

Pitch Perfect and Save the Last Dance meets This Song Will Save Your Life in this gritty, glittery novel set in...  Read More >>

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"Kids find adventure and trouble when drug dealers get in the way of baseball. Devon Horner is hounded by drug dealers...  Read More >>

We see alcohol and drug abuse depicted on TV and in the movies. Our parents often drink when they socialize. And...  Read More >>

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The story of a teenage, all-star lacrosse player who enters a 28-day stint in rehab and must learn to confront a...  Read More >>

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Steven Crash Crashinsky relates his sordid ten-year relationship with David Burn Burnett, the boy he stopped...  Read More >>

Steven Crash Crashinsky relates his sordid ten-year relationship with David Burn Burnett, the boy he stopped...  Read More >>

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Daniel j Harris went to the Looney Bin. This is his journal.He says, I will never be normal , but that's fine.I'd...  Read More >>

"""Khristine Hvam does a stellar narration of this young adult epistolary novel...Hvam's portrayal of Brynn is spot-on,...  Read More >>

Diana was born with a silver spoon. That's how is called to a person who is born full of opulence, abundance of...  Read More >>

Fall into the lives of the city's filthy rich with Juno Dawson's deliciously dark and intoxicating London Collection....  Read More >>

Seventeen-year-old Scout Ramsey's life is a mess. With a dead father and a junkie mom, she can't imagine things...  Read More >>