Cautionary Drug Tales

Go Ask Alice by Anonymous (Beatrice Sparks)

Crank Series by Ellen Hopkins

Beauty Queen by Linda Glovach

Addiction A Hero Ain’t Nothing but a Sandwich by Alice

Childress

Dope Sick by Walter Dean Myers

Bottled Up by Jaye Murray

AddictionSmack by Melvin Burgess

The Year of my Miraculous Reappearance by Catherine Ryan Hyde

Saint Iggy by K.L. Going

Raw DealStreet Pharm by Allison van Diepen

Rx by Tracy Lynn (Elisabeth J. Braswell)

Dreamland by Sarah Dessen

SteroidsGym Candy by Carl Deuker

Crackback by John Coy

Boost by Kathy Mackel

Gang Mentality The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

Durango Street by Frank Bonham

Drive-By by Lynne Ewing

Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty by G. Neri

No Way Out? Snitch by Allison van Diepen

Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida by Victor Martinez

If I Grow Up by Todd Strasser

Autobiography of My Dead Brother by Walter Dean Myers

Star-Crossed Lovers

Romiette and Julio by Sharon Draper

Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles

Street Love by Walter Dean Myers

A Way of LifeBoy Kills Man by Matt Whyman

Party Girl by Lynne Ewing

Locas: a novel by Yxta Maya Murray

The Brothers Torres by Coert Vorhees

The Life

Always Running by Luis Rodriguez

My Bloody Life: The Making of a Latin King & Once a King, Always a King: The Unmaking of a Latin King by Reymundo Sanchez

Lady Q: The Rise and Fall of a Latin Queen by Reymundo Sanchez & Sonia Rodriguez

School ViolenceLockdown by Diane Tullson

Give a Boy a Gun by Todd Strasser

Shooter by Walter Dean Myers

Juvie Nathan’s Run by John Gilstrap

The Juvie Three by Gordon Korman

We Were Here by Matt De la Pena

Alternative Placements

Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen

Boot Camp by Todd Strasser

Holes by Louis Sachar

Alternative Placements

The Girls of No Return by Erin Saldin

Getting Somewhere by Beth Neff

Shock Point by April Henry

Dealing With Family in Prison

Tyrell & Bronxwood by Coe Booth

Upstate by Kalisha Buckhanon

Stay With Me by Paul Griffin

Pull by B.A. Binns

Making ChoicesMuchacho by LouAnne Johnson

Homeboyz by Alan Lawrence Sitomer

Pain & Wastings by Carrie Mac

Doing TimeMonster by Walter Dean Myers

Looking for J.J. by Anne Cassidy

Rikers High by Paul Volponi

True Crime Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos

No Choirboy: Murder, Violence and Teenagers on Death Row by Susan Kuklin

Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence by Geoffrey Canada

Hard Time: A Real Life Look at Juvenile Crime & Violence by Janet Bode & Stan Mack

WebsitesChildren of Prisoners Library

http://www.fcnetwork.org/cpl/cplindex.html

Teen Help http://www.teenhelp.com/index.html

The Coroner’s Report: Information and Resources on Gang Intervention and Prevention http://www.gangwar.com/

National Gang Center http://www.nationalgangcenter.gov/

Gang Information-FBI http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/vc_majorthefts/gangs

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