Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2021: Teen Titles

Created on January 24, 2022, 3:28 pm

Last Updated January 24, 2022, 3:32 pm

April 2021 marks the 20th anniversary of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Coordinated by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, this annual campaign is designed to raise awareness and educate the public on the prevention of sexual assault, harassment, and abuse. In support of this month-long campaign, below you’ll find a list of books and resources that highlight stories of survival, avenues for conversation and understanding, and direct support. Title suggestions and resources were curated by Health & Wellness Librarian Rose Barnes, Collection Management Librarian Jenna Friebel, and Director of Public Social Services & Public Safety Robert Simmons, with input from Pillars Community Health.

1) Exit, pursued by a bear

Author

Johnston, E.K

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Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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At cheerleading camp, Hermione is drugged and raped, but she is not sure whether it was one of her teammates or a boy on another team--and in the aftermath she has to deal with the rumors in her small Ontario town, the often awkward reaction of her classmates, the rejection of her boyfriend, the discovery that her best friend, Polly, is gay, and above all the need to remember what happened so that the guilty boy can be brought to justice.

2) Speak

Author

Anderson, Laurie Halse

Series

Thorndike large print young adult

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Book, Audiobook CD, Large Print, Pre-loaded Audio

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Overview: The first ten lies they tell you in high school. "Speak up for yourself--we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, she becomes increasingly isolated...

3) Girl made of stars

Author

Blake, Ashley Herring

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Book, eBook

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When Mara's twin brother Owen is accused of rape by her friend Hannah, Mara is forced to confront her feelings about her family, her sense of right and wrong, a trauma from her past, and the future with her girlfriend, Charlie.

4) The way I used to be

Author

Smith, Amber

Series

The Way I Used to Be

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Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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Starting high school didn't change who Eden was. But the night her brother's best friend rapes her, Eden's world capsizes. What Eden once loved-- who she once loved-- she now hates. Nothing makes sense anymore, and she knows she's supposed to tell someone what happened but she buries it instead. And she buries the way she used to be. As she navigates the disappointment and unbearable pains of adolescence and heartbreak, of friendships broken and rebuilt,...

5) All the rage

Author

Summers, Courtney

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After being assaulted by the sheriff's son, Kellan Turner, Romy Grey was branded a liar and bullied by former friends, finding refuge only in the diner where she works outside of town, but when a girl with ties to both Romy and Kellan goes missing and news of him assaulting another girl gets out, Romy must decide whether to speak out again or risk having more girls hurt.

6) Asking for it

Author

O'neill, Louise

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Book, eAudiobook

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It's the beginning of the summer in a small town in Ireland. Emma O'Donovan is eighteen years old, beautiful, happy, confident. One night, there's a party. Everyone is there. All eyes are on Emma. The next morning, she wakes on the front porch of her house. She can't remember what happened, she doesn't know how she got there. She doesn't know why she's in pain. But everyone else does. Photographs taken at the party show, in explicit detail, what happened...

7) Grown: a novel

Author

Jackson, Tiffany D

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"When legendary R & B artist Korey Fields sports Enchanted Jones at an audition, Chanty's dreams of being a famous singer take flight. Until she wakes up with blood on her hands and zero memory of the previous night. Who killed Korey Fields? Before there was a dead body, Enchanted's dreams had turned into a nightmare, because behind Korey's charm and star power was a controlling dark side. Now he's dead, the police are at the door, and all signs point...