children of drug addicts

When her uncle agrees to pay the tuition at a private boarding school, seventeen-year-old Pearl hopes to escape the homelessness and drama of life with her mother, a former rock star who has ruined her life with drugs.

"A riveting and emotionally harrowing debut about two young brothers and their physically and psychologically abusive father..."--Provided by publisher.

"Pearl Jaeger is seventeen and homeless after drugs, poverty, and addiction unraveled the life she shared with JJ, her formerly glamorous rock star mother... When tragedy brings a chance to start over at an elite boarding school, she doesn't hesitate. Yet the only salvation comes from an art teacher as troubled as Pearl..."--Provided by publisher.

Tasha Jones is an innocent pre-teen, held in a world gone wrong. Stuck in the foster care system, she deals with the struggles of adolescence, a parent on drugs and the perils of life for the unpopular, neglected and abused. Through embarrassments and disappointments, she rises each day to face what life has in store for her and her older sister KK-- a tough, street-smart teen who loves her little sister as much as she's able and does whatever it takes to keep the family together.

A movie based on a true story, in which the teenage daughter of drug addicts works her way out of homelessness and is accepted at Harvard University. Includes an interview with the real Liz Murray.

Journey Clayton struggles with life while her mother succumbs to whims of her cocaine addiction, but she stumbles onto hope after she befriends Khalid, the son of the neighborhood drug dealer.

Explores the causes and effects of codependency, the coping mechanisms that codependents adopt, and ways to break free from a codependent mentality.

Readers who have a parent or parents that are alcohol/drug abusers learn how to survive in a chemically dependent household, and find out where to get help for their parent(s) and themselves.

Liz Murray, who was homeless at the age of fifteen and had drug-addicted parents, reflects on how she overcame obstacles and eventually attended Harvard University.