Tag Archives: post traumatic stress disorder

“Held”

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Victoria Waddle

Held by Edeet Ravel Chloe Mills is living every high school student’s dream. She’s in Greece with her best friend in a summer volunteer program. She and Angie rarely argue, but after a disagreement with Angie, Chloe decides to … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiction, Hi-Low/Quick Read, Human Rights Issues, Romance, Young Adult Literature | Tagged book reviews, Edeet Ravel, friendship, Greece, hi-low reading, human rights, infatuation, kidnapping, post traumatic stress disorder, prison, PTSD, reluctant readers, romance, Stockholm Syndrome, YA fiction, YA literature | Leave a comment

Adult Books for Teens: Common Core: Nonfiction: “Missoula”

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Victoria Waddle

Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer Missoula, Montana is a college town and just about everyone there loves the University of Montana Grizzlies football team. Yet in the early 2010’s, the team was … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversial Issue/Debate, Human Rights Issues, Mature Readers, Non-fiction | Tagged Adult books for teens, college, college football players, college towns, Common Core, human rights, justice, justice system, Missoula Montana, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, rape, rapists, victims | Leave a comment

Adult Books for Teens: “Out There”

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Victoria Waddle

Note: I wrote this for the Inlandia Institute blog (which is published on the Press-Enterprise website) and as an article for the Press-Enterprise book section this Sunday. I’m reposting here because I think teens will enjoy Out There. While this … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure Stories, Fiction | Tagged Adult books for teens, adventure, book reviews, danger, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Iraq War, Magic Realism, Mexico, Mexico City, motorcycles, New Mexico, Out There, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, road trip, Sarah Stark, soldiers, war | Leave a comment

“Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe”

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Victoria Waddle

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz When they meet and Dante teaches Aristotle to swim, they laugh over their classical names—their pocho names, they think, because are real Mexicans named after philosophers … Continue reading →

Posted in Family Problems, Fiction, Human Rights Issues, Romance, Young Adult Literature | Tagged family problems, gay youth, GLBTQ, LGBTQ, love, Mexican American youth, Mexican Americans, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, romance, Vietnam veterans | Leave a comment

Veterans’ Day Reading: “The Yellow Birds”

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Victoria Waddle

The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers “The war tried to kill us in the spring.” “Then, in summer, the war tried to kill us as the heat blanched all color from the plains.” ‘The war had killed thousands by … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure Stories, Controversial Issue/Debate, Family Problems, Fiction, Historical Fiction/Historical Element, Young Adult Literature | Tagged book reviews, death, death and dying, Iraq, Iraq War, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, U.S. army, veterans, Veterans' Day, war, YA fiction, YA literature | Leave a comment

Horror! “Scowler”

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Victoria Waddle

Scowler is a great October read, one in a YA branch of the true horror family. So—this is NOT your love triangle with some supernatural creatures thrown in ala Twilight and its progeny. Scowler is Dark. Scowler is Disturbing. After … Continue reading →

Posted in Family Problems, Fiction, Horror/Mystery/Suspense, Young Adult Literature | Tagged book reviews, farms, horror, Iowa, meteorites, post traumatic stress disorder, psychopaths in fiction, PTSD, the family farm, YA fiction, YA literature | Leave a comment