Books About Self Harm/drug Abuse/suicide?
Question by Natalie: Books about self harm/drug abuse/suicide?
Like crank/impulse/thirteen reasons why etc..
Best answer:
Answer by Silent Night
Born Blue by Hans Nolan
(It has content about drug usage although it’s not all about drugs)
Go Ask Alice
(A published diary by an anonymous girl, who struggles down the path of drugs)
Dancing on the Edge by Hans Nolan
(It’s about a girl, named Mircale McCloy, who can’t cope with the real world. Lost in a desperate dance among lit candles, Miracle sets herself afire and is hospitalize).
Willow by Julia Hoban
(Thinking she’s responsible for her parent’s death, Willow begins to cut herself to cope with the pain)
Crosses by Shelley Stoehr
(Unhappy at home, Nancy and her friend Katie adopt punk lifestyles and find relief in cutting themselves, until Nancy is forced to confront her problems)
Bait by Alex Sanchez
(A boy, after being sexual abused, begins to cut himself and gets help from his parole officer.)
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