WARNING:
The Books Below Contain Sensitive Material and In Some Circumstances Could Be Triggering Please Use Discretion... If you do find that reading any of these books triggers you, please do not hesitate to call our crisis line.We are available 24 hours a day, on holidays and weekends! 1-866-841-6229
NOTE:
*The Books In Bold are books we at the crisis center have read and can attest to the content inside. The other books are suggested by other sources*
Recommended Reading List For Teenagers About Sexual And Dating Violence
Name of Book: Author:
| I Never Called It Rape | Robin Warshaw |
| In Love And In Danger | Barrie Levy |
| SPEAK | Laurie Halse Anderson |
| Dreamland | Sarah Dessen |
| It Happened To Nancy | By: Anonymous_ A True Story |
| Annie’s Baby: The Diary Of A Pregnant Teenager | By: Anonymous_ A True Story |
| Just Listen | Sarah Dessen |
| Breathing Underwater (from the perspective of the abuser) | Alex Flinn |
Recommended Reading List For Teenagers About Self-Esteem and Discovery
Name of Book: Author:
| Ophelia Speaks | Sara Shandler |
| Odd Girl Out | Rachel Simmons |
| Body Outlaws | Ophira Edut |
| Real Gorgeous | Kaz Cooke |
| Deal With It:A Whole New Approarch | Esther Drill, Heather McDonald |
| Sex, Boys & You | Joni Arredia |
| No Body’s Perfect:Stories by Teens about Body Image | Kimberly Kirberger |
Recommended Reading List For Teenagers About Eating Disorders
Name of Book: Author:
| You Remind Me of You | Eireann Corrigan |
| Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia | Marya Hornbacher |
| Am I Thin Enough Yet? A Cult of Thinness | Sharlene Hesse-Biber |
| Bulimia: A Guide To Recovery | Lindsey Hall, Leigh Cohn |
| The Echo Glass: A Novel About Anorexia Nervosea | Heather Morrall |
| The Best Little Girl In The World | Steven Levenkron |
| Kim: Empty Inside: The Diary Of An Anonymous Teenager | By: Anonymous |
| Dying To Be Thin | Ira M. Slacker |
| Eating In The Light Of The Moon | Anita A. Johnston PhD |
| Anorexia Nervosa: A Guide To Recovery | Lindsay Hall, Monika Ostroff |
Recommended Reading List For Teenagers About Self- Harm/ Depression
Name of Book: Author:
| Cut | Patricia McCormick |
| Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation | Steven Levenkron |
| A Bright Red Scream: Self-Mutilation and the Language Of Pain | Marilee Strong |
| Lisa, Bright and Dark | John Neufeld |
| I Never Promised You a Rose Garden | Joanne Greenberg |
| Girl, Interrupted | Susanna Kaysen |
| imPulse | Ellen Hopkins |
| Bloodletting: A Memoir of Secrets, Self-Harm, & Survival | Victoria Leatham |
| Skin Game | Caroline Kettlewell |
| The Luckiest Girl In The World | Steven Levenkron |
Recommended Reading List For Teenagers About Sexuality
Name of Book: Author:
| Promiscuities: The Secret Struggle For Womanhood | Naomi Wolf |
| The Secret Lives Of Girls | Sharon Lamb |
| Fast Girls: Teenage Tribes and the Myth of the Slut | Emily White |
| Thinking Straight | Robin Reardon |
| Keeping You a Secret | Julie Anne Peters |
| Pages for You: A Novel | Sylvia Brownrigg |
| Just Add Hormones | Matt Kailey |
| Sex for One: The Joy of Self-Loving | Betty Dodson |
Recommended Reading List For Teenagers About Drug Use
Name of Book: Author:
| Go Ask Alice | By: Anonymous |
| Crank | Ellen Hopkins |
| Glass (sequel to Crank) | Ellen Hopkins |
| Smack | Melvin Burgess |
| Smashed: Story of A Drunken Girlhood | Koren Zailckas |
| A Million Little Pieces | James Frey |
The books in bold are books that RDVCC staff have read
