Child Abuse Prevention
- All God’s children: inside the dark and violent world of street families. Rene Denfeld. 364.1066 DEN
- Breaking free: true stories of girls who escaped modern slavery. Abby Sher. Y 364.153 SHE
- Child abuse and domestic violence. 362.8292 INF
- Endangered: your child in a hostile world. Johann Christoph Arnold. 305.23 ARN
- Family violence. Debra Goldentyer. 362.829 GOL
- Ghosts of the orphanage: a story of mysterious deaths, a conspiracy of silence, and a search for justice. Christine Kenneally. 362.732 KEN
- I speak for this child: true stories of a child advocate. Gay Courter. 362.76 COU
- The legacy lives on: a home of pain or a home of power. Dan LeLaCheur. 248.4 LEL
- The lost children of Wilder: the epic struggle to change foster care. Nina Bernstein. 362.733 BER
- A minor revolution: how prioritizing kids benefits us all. Adam Benforado. 362.709 BEN
- Preventing child sexual abuse: sharing the responsibility. Sandy K. Wurtele. 362.76 WUR
- The sea is so wide and my boat is so small: charting a course for the next generation. Marian Wright Edelman. 179.2 DED
- Sexual abuse in Christian homes and churches. Carolyn Holderread Heggen. 261.835 HEG
- Takedown: inside the fight to shut down Pornhub for child abuse, rape, and sex trafficking. Laila Mickelwait. 362.76 MIC
- To catch a predator: protecting your kids from online enemies already in your home. Chris Hansen. 363.259 HAN
- Understanding child abuse and neglect. Cynthia Crosson-Tower. 362.76 TOW
- Wasted: the plight of America’s unwanted children. Patrick T. Murphy. 362.7 MUR
- We were once a family: a story of love, death, and child removal in America. Roxanna Asgarian. 364.1523 ASG
RECOVERY FROM ABUSE
- #ChurchToo: how purity culture upholds abuse and how to find healing. Emily Joy Allison. 241.66 ALL
- Beginning to heal. Ellen Bass. 362.76 BAS
- Breaking the silence: a guide to help children with complicated grief– suicide, homicide, AIDS, violence, and abuse. Linda Goldman. 155.937 GOL
- Broken children, grown-up pain. Paul Hegstrom. 261.8327 HEG
- Cradled in the arms of compassion: a spiritual journey from trauma to recovery. Frank Rogers. 261.832 ROG
- Hope Meadows. Wes Smith. 362.73 SMI
- Mortal sins: sex, crime, and the era of Catholic scandal. Michael D’Antonio. 261.8327 DAN
- My peace I give you: healing sexual wounds with the help of the saints. Dawn Eden. 248.86 EDE
- The obsidian mirror: healing from childhood sexual abuse. Louise M. Wisechild. 306.877 WIS
- Victims no longer. Mike Lew. 362.76 LEW
- Wednesday’s children: adult survivors of abuse speak out. Suzanne Somers. 362.829 SOM
- When your child has been molested: a parents’ guide to healing and recovery. Kathryn Brohl. 362.76 BRO
- Your turn for care: surviving the aging and death of the adults who harmed you. Laura S. Brown. 362.8292 BRO
BIOGRAPHY / MEMOIR
- Against all odds: my life of hardship, fast breaks, and second chances. Scott Brown. B Brown
- All that is bitter & sweet: a memoir. Ashley Judd. B Judd
- American daughter: a memoir. Stephanie Thornton Plymale. B Plymale
- A brother’s journey. Richard B. Pelzer. B Pelzer
- A child called “it”. Dave Pelzer. B Pelzer, Y 362.76 PEL, Spanish Lang. B Pelzer
- Clayton’s chronicles: a heavenly perspective of the down-to-earth life of Clayton H. Steiner. Jere Steiner. B Steiner
- Estranged: leaving family and finding home: a memoir. Jessica Berger Gross. 362.76 GRO
- The fact of a body: a murder and a memoir. Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich. 364.1523 MAR
- The familia grande: a memoir. Camille Kouchner. 362.76 KOU
- The family next door: the heartbreaking imprisonment of the thirteen Turpin siblings and their extraordinary rescue. John Glatt. 362.76 GLA
- Fingernail moon: the true story of a mother’s flight to protect her daughter. Janie Webster. 362.829 WEB
- First person plural. Cameron West. 616.8523 WES
- Forager: field notes on surviving a family cult. Michelle Dowd. 299.93 DOW
- Geronimo’s bones. Nasdijj. B Nasdijj
- The girls: an all-American town, a predatory doctor, and the untold story of the gymnasts who brought him down. Abigail Pesta. 364.153 PES
- Glimmer: a story of survival, hope, and healing. Kimberly Shannon Murphy. 362.76 MUR
- Handbook for an unpredictable life: how I survived Sister Renata and my crazy mother, and still came out smiling (with great hair). Rosie Perez. B Perez
- I can take it from here: a memoir of trauma, prison and self-empowerment. Lisa Forbes. 362.8292 FOR
- Motorhome prophecies: a journey of healing and forgiveness. Carrie Sheffield. B Sheffield
- No one crosses the wolf: a memoir. Lisa Nikolidakis. 616.8582 NIK
- Pee-shy. Frank Spinelli. 362.76 SPI
- A piece of cake. Cupcake Brown. B Brown
- A private family matter: a memoir. Victor Rivas Rivers. 362.76 RIV, Spanish Lang. 362.76 RIV
- The road of lost innocence. Somaly Mam. 306.745 MAM
- Safe: a memoir of fatherhood, foster care, and the risks we take for family. Mark Daley. 306.874 DAL
- Sink: a memoir. Joseph Earl Thomas. B Thomas
- The sky isn’t visible from here. Felicia C. Sullivan. B Sullivan
- The source of all things: a memoir. Tracy Ross. B Ross
- Stepping back from the ledge: a daughter’s search for truth and renewal. Laura Trujillo. 362.283 TRU
- Stolen life: the journey of a Cree woman. Rudy Wiebe and Yvonne Johnson. B Johnson
- Tiger, tiger. Margaux Fragoso. B Fragoso
- When Montana and I were young: a frontier childhood. Margaret Bell. 978.6 BEL
FICTION
- Because I am furniture. Thalia Chaltas. Y Fic CHA
- Dawn. Kevin Brooks. Y Fic BRO
- The death of Jayson Porter. Jamie Adoff. Y Fic ADO
- Kindness for weakness. Shawn Goodman. Y Fic GOO
- Lock and key. Sarah Dessen. Y Fic DES
- Push. Sapphire. Fic SAP, CD Fic SAP
- A quiet belief in angels. R.J. Ellory. Large Type Fic ELL, CD Fic ELL
- Racing the past. Sis Deans. Y Fic DEA
- Ruby. Francesca Lia Block. Fic BLO
- The rules of survival. Nancy Werlin. Y Fic WER
- Singing songs. Meg Tilly. Fic TIL
- The sound of us. Sarah Willis. Fic WIL
- Split. Swati Avasthi. Y Fic AVA
- Suckerpunch. David Hernandez. Y Fic HER
- Touching snow. M. Sindy Felin. Y Fic FEL
- You don’t know me. David Klass. Y Fic KLA
DVDS
- Ellen Foster. DVD Drama E
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
- Eidi. Bodil Bredsdorff. J BRE
- Following my own footsteps. Mary Downing Hahn. J HAH
- Gossamer. Lois Lowry. J LOW, Large Type Fic LOW
- Jumping the scratch. Sarah Weeks. J WEE
- Laurie tells. Linda Lowery. J LOW
- The maestro. Tim Wynne-Jones. J WYN
- Our Gracie aunt. Jacqueline Woodson. Pic WOO
- The right touch. Sandy Kleven. E KLE
- What Jamie saw. Carolyn Coman. J COM
- Whispers down the lane. Beverly Lewis. J LEW
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
LA PREVENCIÓN DEL ABUSO INFANTIL EN ESPAÑOL / CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION IN SPANISH
- Asunto de familia: memorias. Victor Rivas Rivers. Spanish Lang. 362.76 RIV
- El niño sin nombre: la lucha de un niño por sobrevivir. Dave Pelzer. Spanish Lang. B Pelzer
- La casita azul. Sandra Comino. Sp. Lang. J COM
