Beth Goobie

In this novel for teens, a young girl must come to terms with being a victim of rape and ultimately find the support to confront her attackers.

The Pain Eater

Jujube struggles to restore her tarnished reputation when Brent Floyd, her date for the Valentine's Day dance, spreads vicious rumors about what happened that night.

Sticks and Stones

Sixteen-year-old Dylan tries to understand her feelings for her girlfriend Joq at the same time she is dating her boyfriend Cam.

Hello Groin

While in a treatment center for her self-destructive outbreaks, Skey finds comfort in her imaginary world of dark tunnels where others like her roam in similar despair, but Skey's life takes a turn for the worst when she begins to realize her fellow dreamers are causing her more harm than good. Original.

The Dream Where the Losers Go

A gripping, suberbly written teen novel that addresses the power of peer pressure in schools.

The Lottery

Sophie tries to keep secret the fact that she is being abused by her father.

Something Girl

Having physically recovered from a brain aneurysm two years earlier, Adrian is drawn to the water at her aunt's summer camp, where she sees spirits dancing in the waves, calling to her, inviting her to join them, even as they reawaken Adrian's will to live.

Before Wings

Breathing at Dusk

Flux

Meredith's determination to become a "cool" kid in tenth grade brings her unwanted attention from the school's "kingpin of the underworld," and Meredith must find a way to stand up for herself and survive high school with her dignity intact.

The Throne

Petra Koob-Pawis

Flügel aus Glas

Kelly Paddik, after years of abuse and a suicide attempt, is sent to the Marymound School for Girls for rehabilitation, where she begins to plan her escape.

Who Owns Kelly Paddik?

Mary-Eve Hamilton is a dutiful teenager whose life is ruled by her parents and their church, the Waiting for the Rapture End Times Tabernacle. All this changes when she befriends Dee Eccles, the eighteen-year-old pagan goddess of their high school, and Mary-Eve's initiation into the mysteries of cigarettes, sex, and otherworldly glory begins.

The First Principles of Dreaming

Jujube is thrilled when Brent asks her out. She is not so happy when the rumors start flying at school. Pretty soon her name is showing up on bathroom walls and everyone is whispering behind her back. When her mother gets involved, Jujube's reputation takes another hit. Deciding that someone has to take a stand, Jujube gathers all the other girls who have been labelled sluts—and worse—and tries to impress on her fellow students the damaging effects words can have on a person

Sophie is in a lot of trouble. She is on probation for stealing and is doing poorly at school. Her mom doesn't really talk to her, and the other adults in her life are pressuring Sophie to talk about her bruises. Sophie worries that if she tells, she will be sent to live in a group home. Her friend Jujube is the only person who knows the truth, and now Jujube, too, wants Sophie to speak up.

Dime is fifteen and angry all the time. Her parents don't like the way she dresses, her boyfriend, her attitude. Her older brother Darren was paralyzed in an accident she walked away from, and Dime is sure her parents wish she were the one in the wheelchair. When the fights and accusations finally become too much, Dime moves in with her brother. At first she is overjoyed with the change of scenery and lack of parental control. But when her troubles follow her she finds that maybe it isn't everyone else who is the problem, and realizes that she has to start taking some responsibility for her actions. Also available in Spanish.

Kicked Out

When Dylan Kowolski agrees to create a display for her high school library, she has no idea of the trouble it's going to cause -- for the school principal, her family, her boyfriend Cam and his jock friends, and her best friend Jocelyn. And for Dylan herself. If only her English class had been studying a normal, run-of-the-mill, mundane book like Lord of the Flies instead of Foxfire things wouldn't have gotten so twisted. Then the world wouldn't have gone into such a massive funk. And then Dylan wouldn't have had to face her deepest fear and the way she was letting it run her life. Hello, Groin presents a compelling, realistic and refreshing look at teen sexuality and one girl's struggle to make the difficult choices that face her.

Beth Goobie

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