New Releases by Beatrice Sparks

I dagbogsform fortæller en anonym pige, der er narkoman, om sit liv med narkotika, om sine venner og forældre.

Who in his right mind wants to talk to a shrink? I don''t want to talk about anything. I don''t want to feel anything, taste anything ... or anything. The lyrics "just dying to die" run around in my brain day and night... Fifteen-year-old Sam is in pain. He comes to the therapist''s office unwillingly, angry, depressed, and filled with guilt over his own self-destructive behavior. He is being drawn deeper and deeper into a black hole of despair from which he sees no way out. The Road Back This is the Real-life story of Sam''s Recovery, told from tapes of his therapy sessions. It tells what drove him to leave home, how he survived on the street, and why he was desperate to escape from the brutality of the gang that had become his "family" and from the torment of his own self-loathing. For every teen who has experienced the pain and loneliness of a no-way-out darkness, and for all those who love them, here is the light that can lead the way back.

The editor of the classic GO ASK ALICE has compiled the poignant journals of a 14-year-old date-rape victim who contracted AIDS and died.

I am so scared. I feel like I''m silently screaming for help and no one pays any attention of tries to hear me. I can''t control anything anymore. It''s all out to get me! When Kim can''t handle things, she eats. Then she purges. Sometimes she fasts. She knows she isn''t as thin as the other girls on her gymnastics team, and she''s worried that now, away from home for the first time as a college freshman, she won''t be able to live up to expectations -- especially her own. Eating is the one thing she can control -- or can she?

This appealing teen read tells the story of Katie, a teen from an abused home, and her journey through foster care. Katie is always surrounded by wealth, but feels terribly alone because of the secret horror of her angry, abusive father. When she''s thrown out of her house and put into foster care, it seems like the end of the world. But as she moves through the foster care system, she begins to realize that she can help others. Can she, at last, find courage and strength of her own?

Fourteen-year-old Jennie''s life is turning upside down. Her father has walked out, and her anguished mother seeks solace in pills. Her best friend practically abandons her to be with a boyfriend. It seems like Jennie''s real best friend is her diary. Then she meets Mr. Johnstone, the substitute math teacher. Jennie has never met such a charismatic teacher. She feels honored when Mr. J. seems to single her out for special attention, and begins to fantasize about him as her boyfriend. When Mr. J. first reveals his feelings for her, she is thrilled by the relationship that grows outside the classroom walls. Then, slowly, Jennie''s diary becomes a record of her loneliness, pain, and confusion. Will it also offer her a way to escape from this treacherous love?

A teenager whose life is dominated by her drug problems recounts in her diary her experiences from her indoctrination into the world of drugs to three weeks before her death.

The editor of Go Ask Alice presents the diary of a pregnant 14-year-old girl, which recounts her struggle to cope with her situation and includes a list of resources for girls and a question-and-answer section.

Jay''s journal reveals his growing involvement with witchcraft before his suicide at age 16.

Journal of a teen who becomes involved in witchcraft and the occult.