RIYL about Abuse of Power

See Also:

• RIYL Stop Bullying

Dating abuse:

Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak.

Dessen, Sarah. Dreamland.

Flinn. Alexandra. Breathing underwater.

Hardy, Thomas. Tess of the d’Urbervilles.

Hopkins, Ellen. Tricks.

Jones, Patrick. Things change.

Lipsyte, Robert. Raiders night.

Schraff, Anne. Someone to love me.

Child abuse/ Family violence:

Adoff, Jamie. The death of Jayson Porter.

Butcher, Kristen. The trouble with Liberty.

Cart, Michael. My father’s scar.

Chaltas, Thalia. Because I am furniture.

Crutcher, Chris. Chinese handcuffs.

Draper, Sharon. Forged by fire.

Frank, E, R. America.

Hopkins, Ellen. Burned.

Hopkins, Ellen. Identical.

Jones, Patrick. Chasing tail lights.

Langan, John. Search for safety.

Mazer, Norma Fox. Silver.

McNamee, Graham. Hate you.

McCormick, Patricia. Sold.

Oates, Joyce Carol. Freaky green eyes.

Scott, Elizabeth. Living dead girl.

Voigt, Cynthia. When she hollers.

Walker, Alice. The color purple.

Werlin, Nancy. Rules of survival.

Alphin, Elaine Marie. Counterfeit son.

Corruption/Political power/Societal bullying

Antieau, Kim. Broken moon.

Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451.

Bradley, Marion Zimmer. Shadow matrix: a novel of Darkover.

Cashore, Kristin. Graceling.

Collins, Suzanne. Catching fire.

Collins, Suzanne. Hunger games.

Doctorow, Cory. Little brother.

Farmer, Nancy. The House of the Scorpion, The Lord of Opium, The Ear, the eye, the arm

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Scarlet Letter.

Heller, Joseph. Catch 22.

Horowitz, Anthony. Point blank.

Huxley, Aldous. Brave new world.

Kesey, Ken. One flew over the cuckoo’s nest.

King, Stephen. Carrie.

Lewis, C. S. The horse and his boy.

Lewis, Sinclair. Elmer Gantry.

Lowry, Lois. The giver.

Lynch, Chris. Political timber.

Mardsen, John. Tomorrow when the war began.

Myers, Walter Dean. Outside shot.

Orczy, Baroness. Scarlet pimpernel.

Orwell, George. Animal farm.

Orwell. George. 1984.

Paton, Alan. Cry, the beloved country.

Plum-Ucci, Carol. Streams of babel.

Pullman—The golden compass.

Warren, Robert Penn. All the king’s men.

Ones I wasn’t familiar enough with to categorize:

The Innocent Man

Stealing Heaven

Good Girls

Boy Toy

Target

Fade to Black

Schrefer—The School for Dangerous Girls

Sara’s Face

Running with Scissors

Naughts and Crosses

Cashore—Fire

Gardner—The Red Necklace

Croggon—The Naming

Rothfuss—The Name of the Wind

Weiss, Laura—Such a Pretty Girl

Strasser, Todd—Boot Camp

Cormier—Rag and Bone Shop

Compiled by Jennifer Bates, Librarian, Monticello High School, Charlottesville, VA