Start with high-confidence abuse & healing books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Speak
Laurie Halse Anderson
Mayday
Karen Harrington
The Chocolate War
Robert Cormier
Hatchet
Gary Paulsen
The Trouble With Heroes
Kate Messner
A Child Called It
Dave Pelzer
Not Nothing
Gayle Forman
Fighting Words
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
