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    A close look at how Christian authors and secular voices alike have written about abuse. Each book is weighed against Scripture so you can decide what to trust.

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    Recommended9.5
    Cover of The Emotionally Destructive Relationship: Seeing It, Stopping It, Surviving It

    The Emotionally Destructive Relationship: Seeing It, Stopping It, Surviving It

    by Leslie Vernick

    abuseemotional health
    Recommended9.2
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    Okay For Now

    by Gary D. Schmidt

    coming of agehistorical fiction
    Recommended8.8
    Cover of The War That Saved My Life

    The War That Saved My Life

    by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

    historical fictiondisability
    Recommended8.5
    Cover of King Leopold's Ghost

    King Leopold's Ghost

    by Adam Hochschild

    historyhuman rights
    Recommended8.5
    Cover of The Prayer Box

    The Prayer Box

    by Lisa Wingate

    healingfaith
    Recommended8.5
    Cover of A Chance in the World: An Orphan Boy, a Mysterious Past, and How He Found a Place Called Home

    A Chance in the World: An Orphan Boy, a Mysterious Past, and How He Found a Place Called Home

    by Steve Pemberton

    adoption & foster careabuse
    Recommended8.1
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    The Bridge Home

    by Padma Venkatraman

    survivalpoverty
    Recommended8.0
    Cover of A Game of Fox & Squirrels

    A Game of Fox & Squirrels

    by Jenn Reese

    fantasyabuse
    Recommended7.8
    Cover of What Momma Left Me

    What Momma Left Me

    by Renée Watson

    griefhealing
    Recommended7.5
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    Forged by Fire

    by Sharon M. Draper

    abusetrauma
    Read with discernment6.8
    Cover of That Bird Has My Wings: The Art and Struggle of an Incarcerated Man

    That Bird Has My Wings: The Art and Struggle of an Incarcerated Man

    by Jarvis Jay Masters

    memoirabuse
    Read with discernment6.8
    Cover of The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

    The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

    by Bessel van der Kolk

    mental healthtrauma
    Read with discernment6.8
    Cover of Stitches

    Stitches

    by David Small

    memoirtrauma
    Read with discernment6.8
    Cover of 3 Nbs of Julian Drew

    3 Nbs of Julian Drew

    by James M. Deem

    abuseresilience
    Read with discernment6.8
    Cover of Ugly

    Ugly

    by Constance Briscoe

    memoirabuse
    Read with discernment6.8
    Cover of A Thousand Splendid Suns

    A Thousand Splendid Suns

    by Khaled Hosseini

    historical fictionabuse
    Read with discernment6.5
    Cover of I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This

    I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This

    by Jacqueline Woodson

    friendshipabuse
    Read with discernment6.5
    Cover of Z. for Zachariah

    Z. for Zachariah

    by Robert C. O'Brien

    science fictionsurvival
    Read with discernment6.5
    Cover of A Man Named Dave

    A Man Named Dave

    by David J. Pelzer

    memoirhealing
    Read with discernment6.5
    Cover of A Child Called "It"

    A Child Called "It"

    by David J. Pelzer

    abusetrauma
    Read with discernment6.5
    Cover of Speak

    Speak

    by Laurie Halse Anderson

    traumahealing
    Read with discernment5.5
    Cover of The Liars' Club

    The Liars' Club

    by Mary Karr

    memoirfamily
    Read with discernment5.5
    Cover of The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 1)

    The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 1)

    by Lemony Snicket

    children's storiesmystery
    Read with discernment5.5
    Cover of Caraval

    Caraval

    by Stephanie Garber

    fantasyromance