Nic Sheff
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
The author details his immersion in a world of hardcore drugs, revealing the mental and physical depths of addiction, and the violent relapse one summer in California that forever changed his life, leading him down the road to recovery.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
©2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
In his follow-up to 2007's Tweak, Sheff writes candidly about stints at in-patient rehab facilities, devastating relapses, and hard-won realizations about what it means to be a young person living with addiction.
3) Schizo
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
A teenager recovering from a schizophrenic breakdown is driven to the point of obsession to find his missing younger brother and becomes wrapped up in a romance that may or may not be the real thing.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Provides information on drug and alcohol use, shares the stories of families who have lived through addiction, and teaches readers how to navigate peer pressure and stress.
The Sheffs, a father-and-son team, provide all the information teens and tweens need to know about drugs, alcohol, and addiction. With testimonials from peers who have been there and families who have lived through the addiction of a loved one, they provide the cold, hard facts...