Social Themes - Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse
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Perfect
$15.99 Add to cartWhat would you give up to be perfect? Four teens find out in the New York Times bestselling companion to Impulse.
Everyone has something, someone, somewhere else that they’d rather be. For four high s- Author: Hopkins, Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: December 03 2013
- ISBN10: 1416983252
- Language: English
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The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman
$8.99 Add to cartEveryone will be rooting for a happy ending for Hank, a boy struggling to hold his family together when his mom doesn’t come home, in this gripping story from Newbery Honor winner Gennifer Choldenko. … [more below]
- Author: Choldenko, Gennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1524718955
- Language: English
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Sometimes Stormy: A Story about Finding Calm and Staying Safe When Someone You Love Drinks Too Much
$16.99 Add to cartHelp children ages 5-8 understand and cope with a parent’s substance use disorder
Sometimes Stormy explores what it’s like to live with a parent struggling with alcohol use disorder. A young boy named
- Author: Davis, Amanda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 9798885546980
- Language: English
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Something Happened to Our Mom: A Story about Parental Addiction
$18.99 Add to cartClaire’s life turns upside down when her mom is in a car accident.
Although Mom’s body gradually heals, she doesn’t seem like herself. Sometimes she doesn’t go to work, and Claire has to take care of
- Series: Something Happened
- Author: Hazzard, Ann
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 143384754X
- Language: English
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Out of Reach
$9.99 Read moreHow do you find someone who doesn’t want to be found? A girl searches for her missing addict brother while confronting her own secrets in this darkly lyrical novel, a National Book Award Finalist.
Rac- Author: Arcos, Carrie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 15 2013
- ISBN10: 1442440546
- Language: English
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Tilted Sky
$18.99 Read moreIs it too much to ask for an ordinary, boring life?
Bai Jian is a typical Chinese boy growing up in a big city. But his life is far from typical: his mother abandoned him when he was a baby, and his- Author: Emei, Yao
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1646143833
- Language: English
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Picture a Girl
$14.95 Read moreAddie’s mom is good at two things (three, if you count making French toast): surfing and telling stories.
Addie and her brother, Billy, live with their mom in a shabby rental cabin in the tourist town
- Author: Manzer, Jenny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 1459836669
- Language: English
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Breaking Into Sunlight
$17.99 Add to cartA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection ★ An Indie Next pick
This powerful and compassionate book follows a family’s journey through the turbulence of parental addiction–and the moments- Author: Cochran, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 18 2024
- ISBN10: 1523527293
- Language: English
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Werewolf Hamlet
$18.99 Add to cartHumor, heart, and Shakespeare abound in this middle-grade novel about Angus, a 10-year-old theater fanatic, his struggling family, and his changing relationship with big brother Liam.
Perfect for fans- Author: Madden-Lunsford, Kerry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1623544335
- Language: English
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Crank
$24.99 Add to cartThe #1 New York Times bestselling tale of addiction–the first in the Crank trilogy–from master poet Ellen Hopkins.
Life was good
before I
met
the monster. After,
life
was great,
At
least for a lit- Series: The Crank Trilogy
- Author: Hopkins, Ellen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: June 15 2010
- ISBN10: 1416995137
- Language: English
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Please Be Ok: A Story about Addiction
$18.99 Add to cartA brother’s drug use impacts his relationship with his younger sister.
Fiona has always looked up to her big brother, Dylan. But lately, Dylan has stopped spending time with her. He’s always hiding- Author: O’Neill, Diane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0807552577
- Language: English
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Where Did Mommy Go?: Helping Kids Cope When a Parent Goes into Treatment
$17.32 Add to cartSpooks the cat is worried that her mommy sometimes acts weird after drinking her strange milk. Daddy explains that mommy is going away to a treatment center to get better so she won’t have to drink he… [more below]
- Author: Marugg, Kandace
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: October 27 2020
- ISBN10: 099803178X
- Language: English
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I Am Vape
$11.95 Add to cartIn a world where “fitting in” can be confusing for children, I Am Vape unveils the truth behind a seemingly harmless trend. This powerful picture book creatively exposes the dangers of vaping to youn
- Author: Cook, Julia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1953945996
- Language: English
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All the Pieces: When a Loved One Dies from Substance Use
$19.99 Read moreA picture book to help children understand the loss of a loved one to drug overdose.
Often, children who lose a loved one to overdose are not truthfully told what happened to the person who died, be- Author: Riggs, Hallie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1433842181
- Language: English
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Can’t Get There from Here
$12.99 Read more“A powerful and disturbing look at the downward spiral of despair that remains too common for too many teens (School Library Journal).”
Her street name is Maybe. She lives with a tribe of homeless tee- Author: Strasser, Todd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 06 2012
- ISBN10: 1442433574
- Language: English
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Raven
$13.99 Read moreShe wants him ].
Zin dances with fire in every step; speaks with a honey sweet voice; and sees with eyes that can peer into your soul. Nicole’s friendship with him is the only thing that saves her fr… [more below]- Author: Van Diepen, Allison
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 09 2010
- ISBN10: 1416974687
- Language: English
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The Wild Path
$7.99 Read moreThe Line Tender meets The Secret Horses of Briar Hill in this hopeful, heartfelt story about one girl’s search for legendary horses and her quest to piece her family back together.
Twelve-year-old Cla- Author: Baughman, Sarah R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 26 2021
- ISBN10: 0316422436
- Language: English
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All the Pieces: When a Loved One Dies from Substance Use
$19.99 Add to cartA picture book to help children understand the loss of a loved one to drug overdose.
Often, children who lose a loved one to overdose are not truthfully told what happened to the person who died, be- Author: Riggs, Hallie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1433842181
- Language: English
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Glass
$24.99 Add to cartCrank. Glass. Ice. Crystal. Whatever you call it, it’s all the same: a monster. And once it’s got hold of you, this monster will never let you go.
Kristina thinks she can control the urge, the addicti- Series: The Crank Trilogy
- Author: Hopkins, Ellen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: August 21 2007
- ISBN10: 1416940901
- Language: English
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Lily Learns a Life Lesson: The Truth About Vaping and Drugs
$15.95 Add to cartWhen nine-year-old Lily witnesses the life-threatening consequences of her neighbor’s experience with vaping, her mom teaches her the hard truths about using drugs. Because of her newfound knowledge,
- Author: Rebello, Gleeson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: June 17 2023
- ISBN10: 9798987834848
- Language: English
