abusive men

Paige Lassiter shows up at John Middleton's bar one night covered in bruises, prompting the ex-marine to protect her and her young son against her vicious ex-husband.

Offers advice to parents on how to recognize the signs that their daughter is in an abusive relationship, answers questions about why teenage girls are attracted to or stay with abusive boyfriends, and describes steps parents can take to remove, and keep their children from dangerous dating relationships.

Ben McKee desperately tries to find a way to get himself and his mother out of an abusive situation after his mom marries Larry Taylor.

Explores the true story of the family of "Papa Pilgrim" and his fifteen children, who moved to Alaska from a rich background in Texas, and at first seemed like any other American. As his new neighbors slowly found out, however, Papa Pilgrim turned out to have been somewhat insane, with connections to the FBI, the Kennedy assassination, and movie stars--and he may have been leading his family as captives of his own brand of cult.

Sixteen-year-old Johanna, one of the best students in her class, develops a passionate attachment for troubled seventeen-year-old Paul and finds her plans for the future changing in unexpected ways.

Ben McKee desperately tries to find a way to get himself and his mother out of an abusive situation after his mom marries Larry Taylor.

Eighth-grader Amalia is excited when she and James, an eleventh-grader, start to get serious, but when he gets jealous whenever she talks to other guys and tells her he'll die without her, she gets scared.