Mills, Stephen Tukel
Summary: "At thirteen years old, Stephen Mills is chosen for special attention by the director of his Jewish summer camp, a charismatic social worker. Stephen, whose father had died when he was four, places his trust in this authority figure, who then grooms and molests him for two years. The boy tells no one, but the aftershocks rip through his life: self-loathing, drugs, petty crime, and horrific...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MILLS, STEPHEN TUKEL MILSt. Clair, Chip.
Summary: The child of an abusive parent learns that his "father" is a wanted child murderer and that everything he has been told about his past is false, thus sending him on a quest for justice and identity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Health Communications 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B ST.CLAIR StCBarr, John
Summary: "From ESPN journalists whose investigation garnered a Peabody Award, the full devastating story of former physician Larry Nassar's serial abuse of America's elite gymnasts and others, revealing the win-at-all-costs culture in youth athletics and higher education that enabled him"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 364.15 BARStevens, Michelle
Summary: "Michelle Stevens has a photo of the exact moment her childhood was stolen from her. In it, she's only eight years old and posing for her mother's beguiling boyfriend, Gary Lundquist--an elementary school teacher, neighborhood stalwart, and brutal pedophile. Later that night, Gary locks Michelle in a cage, tortures her repeatedly, and uses her to quench his voracious and deviant sexual whims....
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STEVENS, MICHELLE STEMurphy, Kimberly Shannon
Summary: A memoir from one of the most successful stuntwomen in Hollywood chronicles her path to recovery from a childhood of sexual abuse and offers hope for others who have suffered through the same ordeal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MURPHY, KIMBERLY SHANNON MURSummary: The film centers on Joe Paterno, who, after becoming the winningest coach in college football history, is embroiled in Penn State's Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal, challenging his legacy and forcing him to face questions of institutional failure regarding the victims.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV PATGil, Teresa
Summary: This book highlights the resilient capacities of mothers who have experienced childhood sexual abuse and gives them the opportunity to break their silence, share their struggles, and give voice to their experiences, pains, and triumphs. By offering their stories, Teresa Gil sheds light on the challenges of mothering after childhood sexual abuse.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Madden, Amy.
Summary: The author describes how she survived being abused by her stepfather and learned to let go of her anger towards her mother and herself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Syren Book Co. 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.764 MADWexler, Richard
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 1990
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Inside the walls of St. Vincent's Orphanage, young boys fall victim to sexual, physical and emotional abuse at the hands of their guardians. Henry Czerny gives a terrifying performance as Brother Lavin, the head of the orphanage who must juggle the teachings of the church with his own personal demons. The plight of the boys under his care remains a secret until the orphanage janitor and a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BOYChase, Truddi.
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Publisher / Publication Date: E.P. Dutton 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHASE, TRUDI CHAPesta, Abigail
Summary: Chronicles the story of how serial sexual predator Larry Nassar got away with decades of abuse before a team of brave women banded together to stop him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.15 PESBruni, Frank.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perennial 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 261.832 BRUBeck, Richard
Summary: "During the 1980s in California, New Jersey, and New York, Michigan, Massachusetts, and Florida, Tennessee, Texas, Ohio, and elsewhere, daycare workers were arrested, charged, tried, and convicted of committing horrible sexual crimes against the children they cared for. These crimes, social workers and prosecutors said, had gone undetected for years, and they consisted of a brutality and sadism...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362 BECGreenwood, T. (Tammy)
Summary: Camden, NJ, 1948. When 11 year-old Sally Horner steals a notebook from the local Woolworth's, she has no way of knowing that Frank LaSalle, fresh out of prison, is watching her, preparing to make his move. Accosting her outside the store, Frank convinces Sally that he's an FBI agent who can have her arrested unless she does as he says. Over the next two years Frank mentally and physically...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GREBradley, James
Summary: A vast history of American-Chinese relations from its missionary origins to the eve of WWII. Dark portraits of those whom conventional history has acclaimed, potent in its critique of the missionary instinct, and brilliant in its exploration of the power of myth and mirage to convince men and women and nations that destiny is on their side, this is James Bradley's most intrepid work yet.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 327.730 BRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 327.730 BRAHall, Shyima.
Summary: The author relates how she was sold by poor parents into slavery and forced to endure brutal servitude in California until a neighbor's anonymous call to the police began her journey to freedom and her subsequent efforts to fight for child slaves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 HALSt. Clair, Moriah S.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pathways United Publications 1998
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 150 ST. CSmith, Holly Austin.
Summary: "Today, two cultural forces are converging to make America's youth easy targets for sex traffickers. Younger and younger girls are engaging in adult sexual attitudes and practices, and the pressure to conform means thousands have little self-worth and are vulnerable to exploitation. At the same time, thanks to social media, texting, and chatting services, predators are able to ferret out their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.76 SMIWalker, Alice
Summary: Tells the story of two African-American sisters: Nettie, a missionary in Africa, and Celie, a child-wife living in the south, in the medium of their letters to each other and in Celie's case, the desperate letters she begins, "Dear God."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 0000
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1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: BOOK CLUB KIT FIC WALStarishevsky, Jill.
Summary: "Without being taught about body boundaries, a child may be too young to understand when abuse is happening--or that it's wrong. This straightforward, gentle book offers a tool parents, teachers, and counselors can use to help children feel, be, and stay safe. The rhyming story and simple, friendly illustrations provide a way to sensitively share and discuss the topic, guiding young children to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Spirit Publishing 2014
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3 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 613.6 STACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 613.6 STABass, Ellen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collins Living 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.858369 BASBooth, Coe
Summary: After a wonderful seven weeks at Ainsley International School, twelve-year-old Caprice has been offered a full scholarship and she should be delighted, but instead she is full of doubts because what happened at the last night dance has brought back the memory of being sexually abused by her uncle as a four-year-old; worse, her maternal grandmother is ill, and that means going back to the house...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BOOSummary: Investigates the 2011 Penn State child molestation scandal, in which Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky was accused of several accounts of child sexual abuse and head coach Joe Paterno and university administration were implicated in a coverup. Looks at the effects of the scandal on the Penn State student body, Penn State alumni, and residents of State College, Pennsylvania. Covers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015