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Mean dreams [videorecording] / by Black, Allison,film producer.; Coughlin, Kevin,screenwriter.; Feore, Colm,1958-actor.; Grassby, Ryan,screenwriter.; Morlando, Nathan,film director.; Nélisse, Sophie,actor.; Paxton, Bill,actor.; Wiggins, Josh,actor.; Woods, William,film producer.; Vertical Entertainment,publisher.; Mister Smith Entertainment,presenter.; Woods Entertainment (Firm),production company.; Euclid 431,production company.;
Director of photography, Steve Cosens ; editor, Ronald Sanders, Sandy Pereira ; music, Son Lux.Sophie Nélisse, Josh Wiggins, Colm Feore, Bill Paxton.Local farm boy Jonas and the new girl next door, Casey, embark on a journey that will change their lives forever. When Casey's abusive home life reaches a new level of danger, Jonas takes the lead in their escape by stealing a bag full of drug money from Casey's corrupt father, local cop Wayne Caraway. With the stolen cash as their only means to a better life, Casey flees with Jonas. Under relentless pursuit from her father, they learn the hard truth of what it will take in order to survive.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Thrillers (Motion pictures); Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Child abuse; Runaway teenagers;
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Stolen : a memoir / by Gilpin, Elizabeth,author.;
In the vein of 'Know My Name' and 'Unorthodox', debut author Elizabeth Gilpin grippingly chronicles her harrowing experience of psychological manipulation and abuse at a "therapeutic" boarding school for troubled teens, and how she was able to heal in the aftermath. Book Club.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Gilpin, Elizabeth.; Abused teenagers; Adolescent psychotherapy;
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The truth about methamphetamine and crystal meth / by Norquist, Lara.; Spalding, Frank.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-61), Internet addresses (p. 58-59) and index.LSC
Subjects: Methamphetamine.; Methamphetamine abuse.; Ice (Drug).; Teenagers;
© 2012., Rosen Pub.,
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The girl : a life in the shadow of Roman Polanski / by Geimer, Samantha.;
Subjects: Geimer, Samantha.; Polanski, Roman; Rape victims; Sexually abused teenagers;
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The Elissas : three girls, one fate, and the deadly secrets of suburbia / by Leach, Samantha,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."In the tradition of Three Women, Bustle editor and writer Samantha Leach traces the lives of a trio of girls who met in the Troubled Teen Industry and went on to share the same tragic fate. Samantha and her best friend Elissa were typical privileged, rebellious, suburban girls. But after Elissa was kicked out of their private school, she soon disappeared. At fifteen years old, her parents quietly flew her from Providence, Rhode Island to a $10,000/month therapeutic boarding school in Nebraska. Ponca Pines Academy was part of the Troubled Teen Industry, a network of programs meant to reform wealthy, wayward teens. There she met two girls uncannily named Alissa and Alyssa, who had similar backgrounds and similar vices. In The Elissas, Samantha channels her personal grief and utilizes years of immersive research combined with her biting prose to reveal the cultural forces and systemic failings that contributed to the deaths of all three girls. In 2011, less than a year after graduating from Ponca Pines Academy, Elissa died of encephalitis. Four years later, Alyssa died of a heroin overdose. Another four years after that, Alissa died while battling an opioid addiction. Samantha endeavors to tell each of their stories, expanding on what shaped these young women before, during, and after their time in the Troubled Teen Industry. Based on interviews with other survivors, friends and family of the girls, educators, experts, and comprehensive reporting, The Elissas will challenge what you know about the opioid epidemic and the Troubled Teen Industry--and in doing so, will ultimately offer a window into the secret lives of young suburban women"--
Subjects: Opioid abuse.; Teenage girls; Youth;
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The Home for Wayward Girls : a novel / by Bradley, Marcia,author.;
Growing up in the 1990s, Loretta knows little of life beyond the Home for Wayward Girls, the secluded ranch where her parents run a program designed to "correct" teen girls' "bad behavior." Loretta witnesses firsthand how the adults use abusive discipline to crush these young women's spirits and break their wills. Since childhood she's been afraid of her father, and avoids him by spending time with the residents, secretly teaching them the survival skills they'll need in case they manage to escape. One day, a horrifying act of violence forces Loretta to flee the ranch herself. Eventually finding safety and a sympathetic community, Loretta dedicates herself to working with lost, vulnerable, and defenseless teens, determined to prevent the same thing from happening to other girls like her.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Reformatories; Runaway teenagers; Teenage girls;
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Orbiting Jupiter / by Schmidt, Gary D.;
"Jack, 12, tells the gripping story of Joseph, 14, who joins his family as a foster child. Damaged in prison, Joseph wants nothing more than to find his baby daughter, Jupiter, whom he has never seen. When Joseph has begun to believe he'll have a future, he is confronted by demons from his past that force a tragic sacrifice"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Friendship; Emotional problems of teenagers; Child abuse; Teenage fathers; Foster home care;
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Being Lolita : a memoir / by Wood, Alisson,author.;
"A dark romance evolves between a high schooler and her English teacher, in this breathtakingly powerful memoir about a young woman who must learn to rewrite her own story. "Have you ever read Lolita?" So begins seventeen-year-old Alisson's metamorphosis from student to lover and then victim. A lonely and vulnerable high school senior, Alisson finds solace only in her writing--and in a young, charismatic English teacher, Mr. North. He praises her as a special and gifted writer, and she blossoms under his support and his vision for her future. Mr. North gives Alisson a copy of Lolita to read, telling her it is a beautiful story about love. The book soon becomes the backdrop to a relationship that blooms from a simple crush into a forbidden romance, with Mr. North convincing her that theirs is a love affair rivaled only by Nabokov's masterpiece. But as time progresses and his hold on her tightens, Alisson is forced to evaluate how much of that narrative is actually a disturbing fiction. In the wake of what becomes a deeply abusive relationship, Alisson is faced again and again with the story of her past, from rereading Lolita in college, to working with teenage girls, to becoming a professor of creative writing. It is only with that distance and perspective that she understands the ultimate power language has had on her--and how to harness that power to tell her own true story. BEING LOLITA is a stunning coming-of-age memoir of obsession, passion, and manipulation, shining a bright light on our shifting perceptions of consent, vulnerability, and power. This is the story of what happens when a young woman realizes her entire narrative must be rewritten--and then takes back the pen to rewrite it"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Wood, Alisson.; High school girls; Sexual harassment in education; Sexually abused teenagers; Teacher-student relationships;
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Go ask Alice /
A fifteen-year-old drug user chronicles her daily struggle to escape the pull of the drug world.
Subjects: Drug abuse; Diaries; Teenage girls;
© 2006, c1971., Simon & Schuster,
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Letters from Alice : a tale of hardship and hope, a search for the truth / by Banfield, Petrina,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."It is a stormy evening in 1920s London. When newly qualified almoner Alice Hudson stepped into the home of Charlotte, a terrified teenager who has just given birth out of wedlock, she did not expect to make a pact that will change her life forever. Sworn to secrecy, Alice is determined to keep bewildered Charlotte and her newborn baby safe. But when a threatening note appears, she realises that Charlotte may need more protection than she first thought."--Page [4] of cover.
Subjects: True crime stories.; Biographies.; Redbourne, Charlotte.; Sexually abused children; Teenage mothers; Incest;
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