"Follows 16-year-old Alicia, who feels isolated and alone after being sexually abused by a teacher, then cast as the slut who asked for it, until she receives mysterious letters hinting at another victim, forcing her to face her trauma and fight back"--

Get the Summary of Kara Goucher's The Longest Race in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Longest Race" is the memoir of Kara Goucher, chronicling her life from her family's history to her own experiences as a professional runner. The book details her mother Patty's marriage to Croatian soccer player Mirko Grgas, their life in New York, and Mirko's untimely death. Patty's activism with MADD and remarriage to Tom...

Join Norah and Joni as they educate children on body safety by demonstrating what it means to Use Your W.I.T.S! Norah learns how to take ownership of her body, identifying moments where she feels safe. Using an easy-to-learn strategy, she shows how she can set boundaries and respond to instances where she feels unsafe and in instances where she simply does not want to be touched. Use Your W.I.T.S! also includes additional resources and discussion...

Set in a small working-class town near the South Jersey shore, Palmers Gate describes 11-year-old Robby Cleff's attempts to understand and befriend the classmate who lives next door. Colleen Gardner is a childlike, virtually silent girl who may or may not be hiding a chilling secret. Sparely written but emotionally charged, the story builds to a powerful, indeed incendiary climax.

"Maggie Nichols' official memoir is an inspirational tell-all about the abuse she suffered under the USA national gymnastic team and how she managed to redefine herself in the face of adversity. In 2015, Maggie risked everything when she revealed to her coach how USAG doctor Larry Nassar had been sexually abusing the athletes under his care. What ensued was an investigation that would capture the nation, involving multiple faculty members of the gymnastics...

Fantasy and reality collide in this retelling of Beauty and the Beast about a young woman's heroic quest to save herself. Yes, I went to the woods to save my father. But I also went hoping I would be eaten by the Beast. Because I didn't think anything else could save me. Beauty's life is the stuff of fairy tales. The youngest in her family, Beauty isn't trying to catch Stephan's eye. He is the lord baron's heir, well above her family's modest...

In all the coverage of the priestly sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church, one story has been left untold: the story of the everyday lives of Catholic priests in America, which remain so little understood as to be a secret, even as one priestly sexual predation after another has come to light. In The Other Side of the Altar, Paul Dinter tells one priest's story-his own-in such a way as to reveal the lives of a generation of priests that spanned...

One out of every two women in the United States experience sexual assault. Underreporting, victim blaming, and societal shaming mean the actual rate is even higher. But you are not a statistic. You are a survivor. This book is for you. Sex abuse survivor Alreen Haeggquist shares her deeply personal story of childhood abuse and the steps she's taken to overcome the long-lasting effects. She leads women who have experienced sexual violence to reclaim...

Raw and compelling, Anatomy of a Secret bravely shares long silenced, unspoken truths.As a boy, Gerard was sexually abused by a Catholic priest at his local church. As a grown man, he confronts the trauma of what he suffered and the psychological aftermath of his experience, grappling with shame, guilt and the devastating impact it had on his family, relationships and sense of self. Despite what he endured, Gerard' s story is one of hope...

Poignant and chilling by turns, The Opposite of Innocent is award-winning author Sonya Sones's most gripping novel in verse yet. It's the story of a girl named Lily, who's been crushing on a man named Luke, a friend of her parents, ever since she can remember. Luke has been away for two endless years, but he's finally returning today. Lily was only twelve when he left. But now, at fourteen, she feels transformed. She can't wait to see how Luke will...