I Have the Right To (Chessy Prout)

Summary: The numbers are staggering: nearly one in five girls ages fourteen to seventeen have been the victim of a sexual assault or attempted sexual assault.  This is the true story of one of those girls.

In 2014, Chessy Prout was a freshman at St. Paul's School, a prestigious boarding school in New Hampshire, when a senior boy sexually assaulted her as part of a ritualized game of conquest.  Chessy bravely reported her assault to the police and testified against her attacker in court.  Then, in the face of unexpected backlash from her once-trusted school community, she shed her anonymity to help other survivors find their voice.  (from amazon.com)

Where can I find it?: Boston Public Library: Adams Street, Charlestown, Codman Square, Copley, Egleston Square, Fields Corner, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Lower Mills, Mattapan, North End, Roslindale, Roxbury,  and Uphams Corner branches, or as an ebook at https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C3302393

Tags: Rape victims; Sex crimes; Sexual abuse victims; United States; Prout, Chessy; St. Paul's School (Concord, N.H.); High school students--Sexual behavior