"Dreamland" by Sarah Dessen

Caitlin has felt alone after her older sister Cass ran away on her birthday. The whole family has been affected. But then Caitlin meets Rogerson. He is mysterious, exotic, and addictive. She can't live without him, and he feels the same way. But Rogerson is also dangerous. When Caitlin makes the small mistake of being late, when her best friend Rina was in a crisis and needed comforting. She was late to meet Rogerson, and was taken by surprise after a joke, by being hit in the face. This was the first time Caitlin saw the real Rogerson. Now, she has to stick to the strict schedule, never be late, and never be caught talking to another male outside of her family. Even when she obeys him, he finds an excuse to hit her anyways. Rogerson even influenced her to do drugs, the drugs he sells. Through all this, Caitlin feels like she is drowning, not able to come to the surface and breathe. Her parents are too occupied with seeing Cass on the Lamont Whipper Show and waiting for calls, to see what is really happening. It seems like Cass is in too deep, and won't be able to tell anyone. She can't break up with Rogerson because she loves him. Will she finally tell someone, or will she just be pushed too far? Will Rogerson go too far, and hurt her bad enough to lose herself? Will Caitlin finally be able to breathe? To find out read Dreamland by Sarah Dessen.
This book is a really intense book, by one of my favorite authors. I give it five out of five stars. Sarah Dessen also has many other great books that are equally treasured by me. I recommend this book to people who love suspense and drama.

"Living Dead Girl" by Elizabeth Scott

This book should be issued with a first aid kit of upset-stomach relief, tissues, and heart medication, as the reader is immediately plunged, along with the main character Alice, into her nightmare world spent as the kidnap victim of her captor Ray. Since she was snatched at the age of ten, Alice is forced to spend her days as the victim of mental, physical, and sexual abuse by the monster who controls every aspect of her life. Now that she is fifteen, Alice comes to realize that Ray is planning to supplement his "family", and Alice must join him in his plans to find the right girl.

Reminiscent of "Such a Pretty Girl" by Laura Weiss, this book, although gripping and unforgettable, pushes the boundaries of content for young adult fiction. The descriptions of the abuses suffered by Alice, although not explicit, leave no doubt to the horrors the character is experiencing. I often had to just put the book down to escape the revulsion felt by the powerful and gripping story. The ending is unforgettable.

For mature readers only, I'd rate this FIVE out of FIVE stars. If you have any doubts about your maturity level (and I'm not talking about your reading level), please wait to read this novel.

"A Child Called 'It'" by Dave Pelzer

This book "A Child Called It" is a very sad story about one childs courage to survive. this childs name is David Pelzer and he is alos the one who actually wrote this book. Once David was loved and never hit in any way, but wehn he grew older well i dont know around 7 or 8 her started to get abused...BAD! His father was his only hope. At sometimes he would actually sneak scraps from school or out of the garbage but always after he got home or got done taking out garbage his mother MADE him get sick on purpose so she could see what he had snuck. the first time it happened his father was at work and this was right after school {where he had snuck into the Cafeteria and ate a frozen hotdog}, his mother made him puke it up and then went got a bowl and put the little red chinks in there. When David's fatehr got home his mother showed his fatehr the leftovers and had said "Look what YOUR chikld is sneaking in school" and he just stood there. After David's Mom & Dad had "The Talk" his mother made him sit right at the table and eat the left over chunks rihgt out of the bowl WITH HIS FINGERS!
Well earlier before this his moth and him had a little "ACCIDENT" {well thats what she thinks}...David was having a normal day after school doing the evening dishes when his mother got furious at him for no complete reason. she said that he has 20 minutews to finish the dishes, and after she said that she grabbed a BIG knife out of the knife older and said "ORELSE". Well he didnt finish in 20 minutes so he turned around and he seen a knife coming at him. Then it was a black out for him after his mom was done paching him up she then said that he had 30 minutes to finish the dishes from where he left off. When he finally had the courage to tell his dad what his mother had just done to him, his father just sat there on the couch with the newspaper hiding his face and after he told his father, his father just told him not to make his mother mad again.
A little while after this David's mother told him that the abbuse was over and little after that the Social Services came and David told the lady that he only gets beat sometimes when he is a
"Bad Boy". After that the abbuse was back on.

i hope you guys like the book but i am not going to tell anymore.

"Child Called It" by Dave Pelzer

This is a book that is not for little kids! The punishments that Dave suffers, and eventually survives, is impossible to even imagine...a young kid experiencing severe abuse. I couldn't get through reading the book without crying. Dave wrote this book for his anger mangement classes to deal with all the anger that he held for his mother. I love this story because it really grabded my attention with all the drama that happens in it. I couldn't put the book down! I rate this true story a five out of five stars.