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Sixteen-year-old Johanna, one of the best students in her class, develops a passionate attachment for troubled seventeen-year-old Paul and finds her plans for the future changing in unexpected ways.

Uses survey and interview data from approximately five hundred female high school juniors to measure the incidence of dating violence among teenage females and describes the physical, emotional, and sexual abuse teenage women experience while dating.

Nick feels powerless against his abusive father until he finds a gun and uses it.

Ben McKee desperately tries to find a way to get himself and his mother out of an abusive situation after his mom marries Larry Taylor.

Destini Fletcher is thrilled when popular Tyron Becker asks her out, thinking their relationship will help her become more accepted at Tubman High, but as Tyron belittles Destini's friends and good grades, she wonders if he is as perfect as she thought.

Ernesto does not understand why Naomi, the girl who he cares for, puts up with her abusive boyfriend, Clay, but the dark secrets surrounding their relationship are brought to light after Clay hits Naomi in the face during one of their arguments.

Explores the true story of the family of "Papa Pilgrim" and his fifteen children, who moved to Alaska from a rich background in Texas, and at first seemed like any other American.

Offers advice to parents on how to recognize the signs that their daughter is in an abusive relationship, answers questions about why teenage girls are attracted to or stay with abusive boyfriends, and describes steps parents can take to remove, and keep their children from dangerous dating relationships.

Paige Lassiter shows up at John Middleton's bar one night covered in bruises, prompting the ex-marine to protect her and her young son against her vicious ex-husband.

A psychologist studies the reasons men assault the women they love and addresses the issue of how to help batterers.

As her friends make plans for life after high school, M.T. struggles to envision her future as an undocumented immigrant and becomes determined to make a life for herself in the only place she has ever known as home.

Cameron is used to moving at a moment's notice because he and his mother are always running away from his supposedly violent father, but he is disturbed by their latest refuge, a creepy, deserted farmhouse, haunted by bloodthirsty dogs--and when he sees a boy hiding in the barn, and finds an old picture of the same boy, he starts wondering about the possibility of human ghosts.

Based on a true story, told with the flow of a novel, spiced with frank wisdom and wit, Holding My Hand Through Hell encourages the reader to immerse themselves into this family?s life and is an inspiration to become an advocate for change in this world we all share.

"Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man.