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Somebody Cares: A Guide for Kids Who Have Experienced Neglect

Susan Farber Straus - Magination Press
Format: Print book

Useful to read with a caring adult, Somebody Cares is a book for children who have experienced parental neglect and have been taking care of many things on their own. It helps them understand their feelings, thoughts, and behaviors and prepares them for changes in their families. Most importantly,...
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Miles is the Boss of His Body

Abbie Schiller - Rubys Studio
Format: Hardcover

The latest installment in The Mother Company's award-winning "MILES" series, Miles Is The Boss Of His Body is a fun, engaging way to explore the potentially difficult topic of kids' personal safety. On his 6th birthday, Miles' excitement is dimmed when he finds himself...
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One of the Problems of Everett Anderson

Lucille Clifton - Henry Holt
Format: Hardcover

A sensitive exploration of a difficult problem by an award winning author/illustrator team."One day in school, just out of the blue,"Everett whispers, "Greg started to cry,and I went over to ask him whyand he looked up and sighed,'I can't tell...
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A Safe Place

Maxine Trottier - Albert Whitman & Company
Format: Hardcover

To escape her father's abuse, Emily and her mother come to a shelter where they find a safe place to stay with other women and children in similar circumstances.
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That Uh-oh Feeling: A story about touch (Im A Great Little Kid Series 2016, 11)

Kathryn Cole - Second Story Press
Format: Hardcover

No matter how hard she tries, Claire cant kick the soccer ball in a straight line. Her coach steps in and places his hand on her shoulder, telling her that shes too pretty to wear a frown. When he tickles her later and asks her to keep it a secret, Claire doesnt know exactly whats wrong,...
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Not in Room 204: Breaking the Silence of Abuse

Shannon Riggs - Albert Whitman & Company; First Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

At a report card conference, Mrs. Salvador tells Regina's mom that Regina is doing a great job, but that she is very quiet. Regina thinks of the secret she keeps so quiet--the one even her mom doesn't know, about the secret things her father does.
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Yes! No!: A First Conversation About Consent

Megan Madison - Rise x Penguin Workshop
Format: Hardcover

A picture book edition of the bestselling board book about consent, offering adults the opportunity to begin important conversations with young children in an informed, safe, and supported way.A board book bestseller - now in picture book!Developed by experts in the fields of early childhood...
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The Right Touch: A Read-Aloud Story to Help Prevent Child Sexual Abuse

Sandy Kleven - Illumination Arts
Format: Hardcover

The Right Touch reaches beyond the usual scope of a children's picture book. It is a parenting book that introduces a very difficult topic--the sexual abuse of young children. This gentle, thoughtful story can be read aloud to a child by any trusted caregiver. In the story, young Jimmy's...
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Angryman

Gro Dahle

There's someone in the living room. It's Dad. It is Angryman. Boj's father can be very angry and violent. Boj calls this side of his father's personality "Angryman." When Angryman comes no one is safe. Until something powerf
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Hear My Roar: A Story of Family Violence

Ty Hochban

The story is told in the form of an allegory featuring a family of bears. This child-centered look at family violence encourages victims to take action to help break the cycle of abuse.
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You Ruined It: A Book About Boundaries

Anastasia Higginbotham - Dottir Press
Format: Hardcover

In You Ruined It: A Book About Boundaries, author Anastasia Higginbotham sheds light on the confusion and pain that many children feel in the aftermath of incest and sexual assault. When an 11-year-old discloses that a favorite cousin sexually assaulted her, it's hard to tell what hurts...
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Fighting Words

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

A candid and fierce middle grade novel about sisterhood and sexual abuse, by Newbery Honor winner and #1 New York Times best seller Kimberly Brubaker Bradley"Fighting Words is raw, it is real, it is necessary, a must-read for children and their adults--a total triumph in all ways."...
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The Blackbird Girls

Anne Blankman - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Like Ruta Sepetys for middle grade, Anne Blankman pens a poignant and timeless story of friendship that twines together moments in underexplored history.On a spring morning, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry red sky. A reactor at the nuclear power plant...
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The Ship We Built

Lexie Bean - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

Tender and wise, The Ship We Built is about the bravery it takes to stand up for yourself--even to those you love--and the power of finding someone who treasures you for everything you are.Sometimes I have trouble filling out tests when the name part feels like a test too. . . . When I write...
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When You Know What I Know

Sonja K. Solter - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A sensitive, harrowing, and ultimately hopeful novel in verse about one girl's journey in the aftermath of abuse. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times; color: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times; color: #000000; min-height: 16.0px}...
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