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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Description
When her stepdaughter Keisha who she hopes to pull from the grasp of drug addiction begins breaking the house rules, Shannon finds herself facing the reality that addiction comes in many forms. Can she shift her perspective from Keisha's future -- which was never hers to control --to her own? Can she keep from spiraling into a pattern of obsessive rescuing and find the strength to repair her own fractured relationships before she drives her husband...
2) Roxy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"Two siblings get caught up in a wager between two manufactured gods, Roxicodone and Adderall, in this new thriller inspired by the opioid crisis"--
Author
Series
Holly Danger volume 2
Publisher
[Amanda Carlson]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
After narrowly escaping death, Holly is back on the streets in a quest to find the elusive pico. Discovering what's on the quantum drive - the same one the zealot had been willing to die for - is priority number one. Forgiving the kid has proven to be easier than she'd thought, but the cranky outskirt is another story. It doesn't take Holly long to discover that Tandor's crew hasn't been obliterated, and are actively seeking retribution. They're recruiting...
Author
Series
Holly Danger novel volume 3
Publisher
Amanda Carlson, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Time is running out ... After defeating the uprising, and becoming infected with a dose of Plush, Holly is in a race to help a seeker before it's too late. Going South is the only option. But getting there is going to prove difficult, which is why Lockland has entrusted Daze with a secret weapon. A pulse storm, overzealous militia, and uncooperative siblings are only a few of the obstacles standing in their way. Once they arrive on the coast, the...
Author
Series
Holly Danger novel volume 4
Publisher
Amanda Carlson, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Before it's too late ... Holly and her crew are on a quest to uncover the locations of the medi-pods following the clues Roman left behind, hoping to find at least one that hasn't been destroyed before the government catches on. The only probelm is, someone already has. Strange UACs are popping up all over, and in order to take them out, the crew risks exposing itself. When they do, what they find is chilling. A secret government group has a dark...
Author
Series
Newport Ladies' Book Club volume 6
Publisher
Covenant Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
When her stepdaughter Keisha who she hopes to pull from the grasp of drug addiction begins breaking the house rules, Shannon finds herself facing the reality that addiction comes in many forms. Can she shift her perspective from Keisha's future -- which was never hers to control --to her own? Can she keep from spiraling into a pattern of obsessive rescuing and find the strength to repair her own fractured relationships before she drives her husband...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Addiction is epidemic and catastrophic. With more than one in every five people over the age of fourteen addicted, drug abuse has been called the most formidable health problem worldwide. If we are not victims ourselves, we all know someone struggling with the merciless compulsion to alter their experience by changing how their brain functions. Drawing on years of research--as well as personal experience as a recovered addict--researcher and professor...
Series
Publisher
Showtime Networks Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Jackie realizes sobriety is the ultimate cover for getting high, and now she's saving lives at work, taking care of her kids, and her boyfriend is loving the new her. She's got everyone fooled, but what goes up must come down.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of Renee, who struggled with addiction and abuse. In a creative blend of artistic fantasy, music and confrontation with harsh reality, Renee discovers the value of genuine friendships and embarks on a daunting, yet courageous journey towards recovery.
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
1st Harper Perennial edition.
Language
English
Description
A neuroscientist relates his escape from a life of crime and drugs to a career helping to save the lives of addicts, examining the relationship between drugs and pleasure and shedding new light on ideas about race, poverty, and drugs.
Author
Publisher
Button Poetry/Exploding Pinecone Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The Only Worlds We Know is a nuanced and tactile look at both addiction, and what comes after. Patient meditations on loss and the land where the people we love live and are also buried. An award winning short film of Michael Lee's poem "Pass On" helped to break stereotypes about poetry and pave the way for thousands of poets to broadcast their work in video as well as in print."--Amazon.com.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Formats
Description
After the death of her beloved grandfather, nineteen-year-old Maya Vidal, turning to drugs, alcohol, and petty crimes, becomes trapped in a war between assassins, the police, the FBI, and Interpol, until her grandmother helps her escape to a remote island off the coast of Chile where she tries to make sense of her life.
13) Cross my heart
Author
Series
Legacy of faith novels volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Two broken paths lead toward God's redemption in the next installment of Robin Lee Hatcher's Legacy of Faith series. Ashley Showalter and Ben Henning have so much in common. Both were raised by single moms. Both want to help where they see a need. And both work with horses in the Idaho valley. Ashley runs a horse rescue operation, while Ben has started an equine therapy barn on his great-great grandfather's farm--and both Ashley and Ben have the...
14) Ben is back
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Ben Burns, a drug-addicted teenager, shows up unexpectedly to visit his family on Christmas Eve. His wary mother welcomes him, but after finding out he's still in danger, she must to do everything she can to help her family.
Author
Series
Intervention novels volume 2
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
When fifteen-year-old Lance Covington finds an abandoned baby in the backseat of a car, he knows she's the newborn daughter of a meth addict he's been trying to help. But when police arrest him for kidnapping, Lance is thrust into a criminal world of baby trafficking and drug abuse. His mother, Barbara, looks for help from Kent Harlan—the man whom she secretly, reluctantly loves and who once helped rescue her daughter from a mess of her own.
...16) Saving Beck
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Reminiscent of the beloved novels by Mary Kubica and Jodi Picoult comes a chilling portrayal of a son's addiction and its harrowing effects on both him and his mother from New York Times bestselling author Courtney Cole. There comes a time when offeringyour life for your child's doesn't work, when you realize that it'll never be enough. The cold needle in his warm vein was a welcome comfort to my son at first. But then it became the monster that...
17) Less than zero
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Julian is a boy with looks, charm, intelligence and a father who sets him up in the record business; he also has a drug habit. His best friend Clay wants to help and is willing to do almost anything for his friend, but Julian is going downhill so fast that he might take his girlfriend and Clay with him.
Author
Series
Newport Ladies' Book Club volume 8
Publisher
Covenant Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
On the downward spiral of addiction Ilana Goldstein must rely on her family and friends in the Newport Ladies Book Club to overcome her devastating losses.
Author
Publisher
Square Fish, Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Square Fish edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
"In his searing, honest, and ultimately inspiring memoir, Jason Schmidt tells the story of growing up with an abusive father, who contracted HIV and ultimately died of AIDS when Jason was a teenager"--
20) Gather
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Publisher Annotation: A resourceful teenager in rural Vermont struggles to hold on to the family home while his mom recovers from addiction in this striking debut novel.
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