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Cadow, Kenneth M.

Summary: Ian Gray isn't supposed to have a dog, but a lot of things that shouldn't happen end up happening anyway. And Gather, Ian's adopted pup, is good company now that Ian has to quit the basketball team, find a job, and take care of his mom as she tries to overcome her opioid addiction. Despite the obstacles thrown their way, Ian is determined to keep his family afloat no matter what it takes. And...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023

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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC CAD

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CAD

Kuehn, Stephanie

Summary: Dani comes from the richest, most famous Black family in Texas and seems to have everything a girl could want. So why does she keep using and engaging in other self-destructive behavior? Camila's Colombian-American family doesn't have much, but she knows exactly what she wants out of life and works her ass off to get it. So why does she keep failing, and why does she self-harm every time she...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2022

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KUE

Shusterman, Neal

Summary: Isaac and Ivy Ramsey are the victims of the bet between two manufactured gods: the seductive and lethal Roxy (Oxycontin), and the smart, high-achieving Addison (Adderall). The wager: a contest to see who can bring their mark to a rave that has raged since the beginning of time. Drawn by what the drugs offer, tempted to take that step past helpful to harmful are Isaac, a soccer player thrown...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2021

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SHU

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SHU

Bermudez, Cyn

Summary: "Faith Navarro has landed a scholarship to an arts high school for violin. But her struggles at home threaten to take away everything she's ever worked for. Her older sister's drug addiction has caused Faith to miss school one too many times. Her school offers her one more chance to keep her scholarship--enrollment in a teen support group called the Dragons Club. The last thing Faith wants to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: West 44 Books, an imprint of Enslow Publishing, LLC. 2022

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BER

Demetrios, Heather

Summary: Two sisters struggle with the secrets brought to light in the aftermath of their parents' sudden death.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2020

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC DEM

Youngdahl, Shana

Summary: "In one impulsive moment the summer before they leave for college, overachievers Scarlett and David plunge into an irresistible swirl of romance, particle physics, and questionable decisions. Scarlett and David have known each other all their lives in small-town Graceville, Colorado, where David is just another mountain in the background, until, one day, he is suddenly so much more than part of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2019

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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC YOU

Awad, Mona

Summary: "ALL'S WELL is about Miranda Fitch whose life is a waking nightmare after an accident ruins her acting career, and leaves her with chronic back pain, a failed marriage, and a deepening dependence on painkillers and alcohol. On the verge of losing her job as a college theater director, Miranda lives out her broken dreams through an upcoming production of Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AWA

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC AWA

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AWA

Tharp, Tim

Summary: In the last months of high school, charismatic eighteen-year-old Sutter Keely lives in the present, staying drunk or high most of the time, but that could change when he starts working to boost the self-confidence of a classmate, Aimee.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: Book Club Kit 205 FIC THA

Jance, Judith A.

Summary: Former Seattle homicide cop, J.P. Beaumont, is learning to enjoy the new realities of retirement doing morning crossword puzzles by a roaring fireplace; playing frisbee with his new dog; having quiet lunches with his still working wife. But then his past comes calling. When a long-ago acquaintance, Alan Dale, shows up on Beau's doorstep with a newborn infant in hand and asking for help locating...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Collins Publishers 2019

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC JAN

Tharp, Tim

Summary: In the last months of high school, charismatic eighteen-year-old Sutter Keely lives in the present, staying drunk or high most of the time, but that could change when starts working to boost the self-confidence of a classmate, Aimee.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfaguara Juvenil 2014

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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA FOREIGN SPANISH THA

Millar, Martin.

Summary: Teenage werewolf Kalix MacRinnalch is pursued through the streets of London by hunters armed with silver bullets, while her sister, the Werewolf Enchantress, is busy designing clothes for the Fire Queen and, in the Scottish Highlands, a feud is brewing.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Soft Skull Press 2008

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MIL

Brubaker, Ed

Summary: "Ellie has always had romantic ideas about drug addicts. Tragic souls drawn to needles and pills have been her obsession ever since the death of her junkie mother. But when Ellie lands in an upscale rehab clinic where nothing is what it seems, she'll find another, more dangerous, kind of romance. From the award-winning team of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips comes a pop and drug culture fueled...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics 2018

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BRU

Fisher, Carrie.

Summary: Suzanne Vale, a young actress, is going through the throes of drug rehabilitation, trying to understand what happened to her life and how she managed to land in a drug hospital.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 1987

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FIS

Sharpe, Tess.

Summary: "After Sophie Winters survives a brutal attack in which her best friend, Mina, is murdered, she sets out to find the killer. At the same time she must prove she is free of her past Oxy addiction and in no way to blame for Mina's death"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Pr 2014

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SHA

Haydu, Corey Ann.

Summary: "Four sisters rely on each other--and a bit of mysterious magic--to cope with their mother's illness"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC HAY

Hartzler, Aaron.

Summary: "The story of a town torn apart by the events surrounding the rape of a drunk girl at a house party, from the perspective of the partygoers who witnessed it"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015

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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC HAR

Van Camp, Richard

Summary: "Curtis has returned to Fort Smith, six weeks sober and determined to stay that way. Can he find healing in his grandfather's ancient cultural practices? Notorious bootlegger, Benny the Bank stands in his way. With poison slowly killing him, Benny is uneasy about how he'll be remembered. Can he find a way to make amends?"--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HighWater Press 2023

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 VAN

Quinn, Cate

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: "Meg works for a casino in LA, catching cheaters and popping a few too many pain pills to cope, following a far different path than her sister Haley, a famous actress. But suddenly reports surface of Haley dying at the remote rehab facility where she had been forced to go to get her addictions under control. There are whispers of suicide, but Meg can't believe it. She decides that the best way...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Landmark 2024

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Harrison, Nzinga

Summary: "Contrary to popular belief, addiction isn't a conscious choice. It's a chronic illness, like diabetes or asthma, that responds to treatment and deserves compassion. And yet, too many people expect their loved ones to simply recover on their own without interventions. Drawing on peer-reviewed research and decades of expertise, Dr. Nzinga Harrison reveals the factors that predict one's risk for...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Union Square & Co. 2024

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Jaffe, Adi

Summary: "Breaking free of outdated explanations and rigid "rules" for recovery, The Abstinence Myth offers a hopeful, research-based framework for transformation by an addiction expert and renowned TEDx speaker who overcame his own addiction and has guided hundreds of clients into lives of joy and purpose"--Back cover

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Publisher / Publication Date: IGNTD Press 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.86 JAF

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