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This book deals with four types of abuse: neglect, emotional abuse, physical abuse, and sexual abuse. For each type of abuse, selected works of fiction, literary, and professional perspectives are juxtaposed along with applications for utilizing the stories in a hypothetical therapy setting.

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These themes vary from coping with the death of a parent, to coping with violent deaths, to coping with an AIDS-related death.

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A resource for teachers, librarians, counselors and parents combines the expertise of two professionals: literacy experts and therapists.

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Today, illnesses and the high risk behaviour of adolescents have become interrelated through the multitude of physical, social and emotional changes young people experience. This work provides a link for teachers and media specialists to those novels that can help adolescents with health issues.

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Using fictional characters, these experts provide guidance on how to encourage adolescents to cope while improving their reading and writing skills.

Twelve novels are examined from both a literary and psychological perspective, allowing the readers to meet the central figures as if they were living human beings.

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Young adult literature and psychological and social experts are paired in this approach to helping adolescents understand and cope with social problems.