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

Addiction

 Smack by Melvin Burgess  The Year of my Miraculous Reappearance by Catherine Ryan Hyde  Saint Iggy by K.L. Going

Raw Deal

 Street Pharm by Allison van Diepen  Rx by Tracy Lynn (Elisabeth J. Braswell)  Dreamland by Sarah Dessen

Steroids

 Gym 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

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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

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A Way of Life

Boy 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 Violence

 Lockdown 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 Choices

 Muchacho by LouAnne Johnson  Homeboyz by Alan Lawrence Sitomer  Pain & Wastings by Carrie Mac

Doing Time

 Monster 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

Websites

 Children 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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