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
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 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/aboutus/investigate/vc_majorthefts/gangs
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