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Teen Issues - Strange Addictions
Annotation:When Shannon, a 16-year-old honors student, lies about her age to get a job at a Connecticut casino so she can earn money for her college tuition, she becomes involved in a secret poker society and fall deeper into a web of deceit. (272 p. Gr 8-12)
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Annotation:Ruth copes with an abusive home life by cutting herself until her high school counselor helps her get the treatment she needs to start a new life. (197 p. Gr 8-12)
Annotation:Consumed with emailing, online video games, and electronic gadgets, hyper-frenetic Columbia University freshman Veronica, known as Very Lefreak, enters a rehab facility for the technology-addicted after her professors and classmates stage an intervention. (305 p. Gr 10+)
Annotation:In the three years since her father's death, Regina has loaned her mother thousands of dollars to cover her compulsive spending and gambling while coping with her own stress by overeating. But when her mother wins the lottery, Reg hopes their troubles are over. (314 p. Gr 8-12)
Annotation:After his mother and sister are killed in a hurricane, Jim tries to find solace and financial stability through gambling. (226 p. Gr 6-12)
Annotation:Denn finds himself alienating both friends and family when he becomes obsessed with playing high-stakes poker with adult gamblers. (207 p. Gr 9-12)
Annotation:Willow, who was driving the car that killed both of her parents, copes with the pain and guilt by cutting herself until she meets a boy who is determined to help her stop. (329 p. Gr 8-12)
Annotation:Missy copes with being an outcast at school and stress at home by cutting herself with a razor blade until Death chooses her as one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, War, and offers her a new blade. (213 p. Gr 9-12)
Annotation:Coping with her mother's cancer by cutting herself makes Kia feel out of place everywhere until she is drawn into the goth-vampire club scene. There she finds acceptance and one gorgeous, popular guy who might offer escape. (246 p. Gr 10+)
Annotation:Compulsive liar Micah promises to tell the truth after revealing that her boyfriend has been murdered. (376 p. Gr 9-12)
Annotation:Unable to resist the lure of poker but reluctant to admit his addiction, Andrew risks friendship and his parents' trust as he begins to take money from his father's business to finance his secret gambling activities. (234 p. Gr 10+)
Annotation:While confined to a mental hospital, Callie slowly comes to understand some of the reasons behind her self-mutilation and gradually starts to get better. (168 p. Gr 7-12)
Annotation:James lies about himself to be considered "cool" when he gets into an exclusive boarding school but soon unnaturally vivid dreams of being a demon-hunting warrior lead to self-destructive acts while he is awake. (328 p. Gr 9-12)
Annotation:To relieve the pressures of caring for a brother with life-threatening food allergies, another who is a fussy baby, and parents who are at odds with one another, Jonah sets out to break every bone in his body in hopes of becoming stronger. (262 p. Gr 9-12)
Annotation:Kendra, a budding artist, has not felt safe since she began to recall devastating memories of childhood sexual abuse and she copes with the pressure by cutting herself. (248 p. Gr 8-11)
Annotation:Accusations fly about Sereeta as a string of thefts hit her high school. And why is she wearing long sleeves in the heat? What is she covering up? (182 p. Gr 7-10)
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Books about cutting, gambling and other addictive behaviors.
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