Dealing with Sexual Harassment (Helping Yourself, Helping Others)
by Caitlyn Miller
When Rex was outed the summer after he graduated high school, his father gave him a choice: he could stay at home, find a girlfriend and attend church twice a week, or he could be gay—and leave. Rex left, driving toward the only other gay man he knew and a toxic relationship that would ultimately leave him homeless and desperate on the streets of New Orleans. Here, Rex tells the story of his coming out and his father’s rejection of his identity, navigating abuse and survival on the streets. Road...
Purity doesn't mean playing the game of How Far Is Too Far. A pure life is a full life-one that goes way beyond the ideas of dating, sex, and being a "good girl," and focuses instead on what it means to be your true, powerful self.Purity can feel like a dirty word sometimes. After all, who wants to be told what not to do, how not to be, and who not to spend time with? Haven't we proven women are smart, strong, and able to make their own decisions? But the reality is, what we've always been taugh...
Sever the Cycle of Abuse with The Sub Shop Savior
by Lynette Louise
A New York Times bestseller and one of 2019's best-reviewed books, a poetic memoir and call to action from the award-winning author of Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson! Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed since her groundbreaking novel Speak was first published twenty years ago, she has written a poetry memoir that is...
Going Beyond "The Talk!" A Teen and Preteen's GUIDE
by Dr Corey Gilbert
Cómo aprendí a verme bonita / How I Learned to See Myself Beautiful
by Berta Caparros
«ME VEO BONITA porque me he perdonado. He dejado de culpabilizarme por haber tratado mal a mi cuerpo, por haberme dedicado palabras de reproche. Me he prometido quererme y cuidarme como a la persona más importante de mi vida». Cuando vivimos un hecho traumático, no podemos imaginar cómo van a responder nuestro cuerpo y nuestro cerebro. Berta Caparrós poco a poco descubrió que, para sanar, tenía que aprender a quererse. Una historia transformadora sobre el poder de la autoestima ENGLIS...
Aly Raisman's skills as a gymnast have taken her to two Olympics (so far), but her charm and can-do attitude have helped her become a media darling and an inspiration to young girls everywhere. Not one to rest on her laurels (or rest at all!), Aly is so excited to share her story and the wisdom she has gained on her path to success. Aly knows that she's a role model and she takes that seriously. She will offer readers an empowering message through her story, one that she learned the hard way: th...
A call to young people to remain sexually pure until marriage.Everyone longs to be loved deeply by someone, and Rebecca St. James is no different, as demonstrated by her hit song "Wait for Me." In this revised and updated version of the 2002 release, Rebecca shares the same desires as other young people as her resolve to remain sexually pure until marriage is not common in our society.Using Scripture, pop culture, and her own experience as a point of reference, Rebecca paints a relevant and appe...
Out of all reported cases of sexual assault, nearly 70 percent occur with victims who are under the age of seventeen, and it has been estimated that one in ten children will be sexually abused before they turn eighteen. Sexual assault has become an all-too-common occurrence among young adults. An assault can cause physical injuries, STDs and STIs, post-traumatic stress disorder, flashbacks, anxiety, depression, and other re-experiencing symptoms. It can lead to poor academic performance, substan...
I Will Tell Your Secret (I Will Tell Your Secret, #1)
by Jacqueline Bell