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1) Burned
Author
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Pattyn, the eldest daughter in a large Mormon family, is sent to her aunt's Nevada ranch for the summer, where she temporarily escapes her alcoholic, abusive father and finds love and acceptance, only to lose everything when she returns home.
3) When
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Maddie Flynn cannot help but see the death date of everyone she meets or sees in a photograph or on-screen, and her alcoholic mother exploits this by having her do readings for money, but when Maddie predicts the death of a young boy, she becomes the center of an FBI investigation.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
Seventeen-year-old Carson Speier is bored of Billings, Montana, and resentful that he has to help his mother take care of his father, a dying alcoholic whom he has not seen in fourteen years--but then he meets Aisha, a beautiful African American girl who has run away from her own difficult family, and together they embark on a journey of discovery that may help them both come to terms with their lives.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
Forced to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, where she bonds with a much older man, seventeen-year-old Natalie, a recovering alcoholic, confronts issues in her family and life as she tries to turn her life around.
6) Gone
Author
Series
Wake trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
While eighteen-year-old Janie ponders her future with Cabe, knowing that her being a dream-catcher means eventual blindness and crippling, she encounters her past as the father she never knew is hospitalized with brain trauma and seems to need her help.
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
When his alcoholic mother disappears, fifteen-year-old Laurence is determined to find her, take care of his little brother, and keep their predicament a secret, all while trying to win a luxury vacation for his mom in a radio call-in contest.
10) Freefall
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First Simon Pulse paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
A bass guitar player in a teen rock band deals with alcoholism, his best friend's death, and first love.
11) Smashed
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Maine high school senior Katie Martin is set to win a field hockey scholarship until her life is derailed by drinking, a car accident, and an angry classmate.
13) Rosie and Skate
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
New Jersey sisters Rosie, aged fifteen, and Skate, aged sixteen, cope differently with their father's alcoholism and incarceration, but manage to stay close to one another as they strive to lead normal lives and find hope for the future.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Rose, nearly sixteen, is used to traveling around with her alcoholic father but connects with the people of a small, coastal Australian town, especially classmate Pearl and reclusive Edie, who teaches her to sew a magical dress for the Harvest Festival while a mystery unfolds around them.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
To avoid his alcoholic mother's problems, Nick, seventeen, stays with his aunt's family near the Oregon coast, where he works at his uncle's car wash and falls into a complicated relationship.
Nick's mom is a distinguished professor, a bestselling author... and a serious alcoholic. To get a break from his stressful home life before senior year, he heads for a summer in Seaside, Oregon, a sleepy beach town where he can chill out, meet girls, and work...
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