Dating Violence

These books about dating violence can be found at the Morse High School Library. For more books like these, search the library's online catalog. Use the following subject headings:

  • Date rape

  • Date rape-Fiction

  • Dating violence

  • Dating violence-Fiction

What Kind of Girl

Alyssa Sheinmel

Told in multiple voices, when popular Mike Parker's girlfriend informs North Bay Academy's principal that he has been hitting her, students react differently, revealing their own insecurities and problems.

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Call Number: FIC SHEINMEL

Always Forever Maybe

Anica Mrose Rissi

High school senior Betts falls in love with Aiden, who seems perfect for her until his possessiveness leads to abuse.

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Call Number: FIC RISSI

Dear Heartbreak: YA Authors and Teens on the Dark Side of Love

Heather Demetrios, editor

In this collection, well-known YA authors answer real letters from teens all over the world about the dark side of love: cheating, betrayals, break-ups, dating violence, and loneliness.

Genre: Anthology

Call Number: 155.5 DEA

Bad Romance

Heather Demetrios

When Grace and Gavin fall in love, Grace is sure it's too good to be true. She has no idea their relationship will become a prison she's unable to escape.

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Call Number: FIC DEMETRIOS

The Girl Who Fell

S. M. Parker

When new boy in school, Alec, sweeps Zephyr off her feet, their passionate romance takes a dangerous and possessive turn when Alec begins manipulating Zephyr.

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Call Number: FIC PARKER

Amelia Anne Is Dead and Gone

Kat Rosenfield

Unveils the details of a horrific murder, its effects on permanent and summer residents of the small Appalachian town where the body is discovered, and especially how the related violence shakes eighteen-year-old Becca's determination to leave home as soon as possible.

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Call Number: FIC ROSENFIELD

Bad Boy

Dream Jordan

Kate, having been sent back to a group home after living with her foster parents for a year, feels sad and lonely and struggles to stay strong and true to herself after getting involved in an abusive and controlling relationship with Percy, a shady young man.

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Call Number: FIC JORDAN

Breaking Beautiful

Jennifer Shaw Wolf

Allie is overwhelmed when her boyfriend, Trip, dies in a car accident, leaving her scarred and unable to recall what happened that night, but she feels she must uncover the truth, even if it could hurt the people who tried to save her from Trip's abuse.

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Call Number: FIC WOLF

But I Love Him

Amanda Grace

Ann begins her senior year of high school as a happy, straight-A student and track star, but her life changes drastically when she become involved with a haunted young man named Connor and cannot seem to free herself from the abusive relationship.

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Call Number: FIC GRACE

Things Change

Patrick Jones

Sixteen-year-old Johanna, one of the best students in her class, develops a passionate attachment for troubled seventeen-year-old Paul and finds her plans for the future changing in unexpected ways.

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Call Number: FIC JONES

Dreamland

Sarah Dessen

After her older sister runs away, sixteen-year-old Caitlin decides that she needs to make a major change in her own life and begins an abusive relationship with a boy who is mysterious, brilliant, and dangerous.

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Call Number: FIC DESSEN

Bitter End

Jennifer Brown

When seventeen-year-old Alex starts dating Cole, a new boy at her high school, her two closest friends increasingly mistrust him as the relationship grows more serious.

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Call Number: FIC BROWN

Breathing Underwater

Alexandra Flinn

Sent to counseling for hitting his girlfriend, Caitlin, and ordered to keep a journal, sixteen-year-old Nick recounts his relationship with Caitlin, examines his controlling behavior and anger, and describes living with his abusive father.

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Call Number: FIC FLINN