This collection gave young people in our community the opportunity to tell the true stories of their lives in their own words. Their stories cover many topics of concern to our society. A selection of these issues and available resources is presented here. Questions? Ask a Librarian.
Narratives:
"Fly Away Angel Baby" / "Never Too Late" / "What She Should Have Said" / "Liar"
The Tender Cut: Inside the Hidden World of Self InjuryNarratives:
"(Y)ou (O)nly (L)ive (O)nce" / "One Shot" / "My First Date" / "Fri(end)s"
Understanding Peer Influence in Children and AdolescentsNarratives:
"It's Because We Love You" / "My Journey to Alice"
Death by Domestic Violence: Preventing the Murders and Murder-SuicidesNarratives:
"AaaabDad" / "Replaced" / "Maybe I Could Have Saved Him" /
Divorcing Children: Children's Experiences of their Parents' DivorceNarratives:
"(Y)ou (O)nly (L)ive (O)nce" / "My First Date" / "He Was My Hero" / "Fri(end)s"
The Social Dynamics of Family ViolenceNarratives:
"Never Too Late" / "Man-Man" / "Gone" / "Maybe I Could Have Saved Him"
Adolescent Encounters with Death, Bereavement, and CopingNarratives:
"Street Life" / "Take a Bow"
The American Way of Poverty: How the Other Half Still LivesNarratives:
"Street Life" / "One Shot" / "A Strife in My Life"
Who Gets a Childhood?: Race and Juvenile Justice in 20th Century TexasNarratives:
"Fly Away Angel Baby" / "My First Date" / "He Was My Hero" / "Gone" / "Take a Bow" / "Fri(ends)"
Emerging Perspectives on Substance MisuseNarratives:
"It's Because We Love You"
Surviving Sexual ViolenceNarratives:
"One Shot" / "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow"
A World of Gangs: Armed Young Men and Gangsta Culture
Always RunningNarratives:
"Never Too Late" / "What She Should Have Said"
The Letter Q: Queer Writers' Notes to their Younger SelvesNarratives:
"Never Too Late" / "What She Should Have Said" / "Liar" / "A Strife in My Life" / "Fri(end)s"
From Melancholia to Prozac: A History of DepressionNarratives:
"Fly Away Angel Baby" / "My Journey to Alice"
On Becoming a Teen Mom