The Cay -- by Theodore Taylor (Author) (Book - Child)
"This award-winning novel remains a powerful classic of prejudice, love, survival. In 1942, 11-year-old Phillip Enright lives with his parents on the Dutch Island of Curacao, but when the war moves...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Where the Lilies Bloom -- by Vera Cleaver, Bill Cleaver (Authors) (Book - Child)
"Mary Call has promised her dying father to keep her brother and sisters together forever on the mountain, and never take any from strangers. She is determined to keep her word. No matter what. At...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Coping With Suicide: A Resource Book for Teenagers and Young Adults -- by Judie Smith (Author) (Book - Child)
"A discussion of teenage suicide, the reasons, the warning signs, the importance of communicating feelings, and the ways the survivors deal with grief. " -Card Catalog Description
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
The Giving Tree -- by Shel Silverstein (Author) (Book - Child)
" "Once there was a little tree...and she loved a little boy." So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. Every...
Ages 4 years - 8 years.
Child Find of America (Organization - Private, Non-Profit)
Child Find of America Inc. is a national not-for-profit organization that: locates missing children through active investigation resolves incidents of abduction through mediation prevents child...
All Ages
Great Expectations -- by Charles Dickens (Author) (Book - Child)
"Great Expectations follows the life of the orphan, Pip. We first meet him as a tiny, terrified child in a village churchyard. Years later, through the help of an anonymous benefactor, Pip will travel...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Necessary Losses: The loves, illusions, dependencies and impossible expectations that all of us have -- by A Frankel, Judith Viorst (Authors) (Book - Parent)
"Personal experience, great literature liberally quoted here, and study of psychoanalytic theory are combined in this far-ranging, somewhat rambling book by Redbook columnist Viorst to demonstrat that...
All Ages
Age groups: Infancy (<1), Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)
Suicide : Prevention, Intervention, Postvention -- by Earl Grollman (Author) (Book - Parent)
"Provides information on suicide statistics and gives advice on how to recognize the warning signs of a potential suicide attempt, how to intervene when a suicide has been attempted, and how to...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival -- by Joe Simpson (Author) (Book)
Simpson and his climbing partner, Yates, had just reached the top of the Andes when disaster struck. Simpson plunged off the vertical face of an ice ledge, breaking his leg. In the hours that...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Maryland Center for Missing Children (Organization - Governmental)
The Maryland Center for Missing Children (MCMC) provides assistance and support to State Police Installations and all law enforcement agencies nationwide in locating a missing child. In specific...
All Ages
