Obviously a title like “six sensational” paired with books featuring a sexual assault or sexual abuse is oxymoronic. However, if you’ve been following each post this month, I’m attempting to create mini booklists for topics with the theme of “six sensational”. This topic is one that I knew I wanted to address and here are books that have both been popular with teens for lit circles and individual readers advisory and also have the capacity to show empathy and understanding.
- Such a Pretty Girl by Laura Wiess: Evil that lives inside the home.
- Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez: Historical and gutting.
- Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley: There are caring adults that exist.
- Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson: A contemporary classic that can be paired with Shout by Anderson as well.
- Fault Line by C. Desir: Desir’s work other than writing provides a larger context for why teens need to read the book.
- Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott: A thin book that packs the ultimate punch.
Readers Be Advised 