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Author
Publisher
House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A young girl describes what it's like when her mom's new friend comes to stay - a moving story about domestic violence that ends on a hopeful note. The young girl tells us that her mom's new friend is just like the big bad wolf. At first the wolf is sweet and kind to her mom, though the girl notices the wolf's cold eyes from the very beginning. When her mom arrives home late one day, the wolf suddenly hurls angry words and terrible names at her. From...
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"When her mother is arrested for killing Brooke's abusive father, Brooke must confront the shadow of her family's violence and dysfunction"--
Brooke Winters has transferred; she's starting fresh, and making plans for college so she can finally leave her hometown, her family, and her past behind. When her mother is arrested for killing Brooke's abusive father, Brooke and her siblings are on their own. As she confronts the shadow of her family's violence...
Author
Publisher
Warner Wellness
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Richard B. Pelzer, author of the childhood memoir "A Brother's Journey," continues his personal story, chronicling his teenage years and young adulthood during which he suffered his mother's emotional abuse and struggled to come to terms with her physical abuse of him and of his brother David when they were small.
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