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Almost Lost: The True Story of an Anonymous Teenager's Life on the Streets (Avon Flare Book)

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Who in his right mind wants to talk to a shrink? I don't want to talk about anything. I don't want to feel anything, taste anything ... or anything. The lyrics "just dying to die" run around in my brain day and night...

Fifteen-year-old Sam is in pain. He comes to the therapist's office unwillingly, angry, depressed, and filled with guilt over his own self-destructive behavior. He is being drawn deeper and deeper into a black hole of despair from which he sees no way out.

The Road Back

This is the Real-life story of Sam's Recovery, told from tapes of his therapy sessions. It tells what drove him to leave home, how he survived on the street, and why he was desperate to escape from the brutality of the gang that had become his "family" and from the torment of his own self-loathing. For every teen who has experienced the pain and loneliness of a no-way-out darkness, and for all those who love them, here is the light that can lead the way back.

Synopsis:

Dr. Beatrice Sparks deals with a tough social issue faced by thousands of teens, parents, educators, police, and others--teenage gangs. Sam, 14, comes to Dr. Sparks in an attempt to leave behind his gang life. Helping Sam to recall his troubled past, Dr. Sparks examines the disturbing incidents that lead him to leave home and begin his disturbing life as part of a street gang.
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About the Author

Beatrice Sparks is a family and adolescent therapist who edited the diary that formed the basis for Go Ask Alice, and has since edited many diaries on topics such as gangs, AIDS, and teen pregnancy in the 1988 Annie's Baby. She lives in Provo, UT.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780380783410
Subtitle:
The True Story of an Anonymous Teenager's Life on the Streets
Editor:
Sparks, Beatrice
Foreword by:
Morgenstern, Phillip
Foreword:
Morgenstern, Phillip
Editor:
Sparks, Beatrice
Author:
by Beatrice Sparks
Author:
Sparks, Beatrice
Foreword:
Morgenstern, Phillip
Publisher:
HarperTeen
Location:
New York :
Subject:
History - General
Subject:
Social Policy
Subject:
Biography & Autobiography - General
Subject:
Children's 12-Up - Biography / Autobiography
Subject:
Family psychotherapy
Subject:
Adolescent psychotherapy
Subject:
Nonfiction
Subject:
Depression in adolescence
Subject:
Family psychotherapy -- Case studies -- Juvenile literature.
Subject:
History : General
Subject:
Situations / Runaways
Subject:
Depression in adolescence -- Treatment.
Subject:
Adolescent psychotherapy -- Case studies.
Copyright:
1996
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
Avon Flare Book
Series Volume:
AC no. 183.29-1DD
Publication Date:
19960601
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
from 7
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
256
Dimensions:
6.82x4.20x.69 in. .28 lbs.
Age Level:
from 12
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"Synopsis" by , Dr. Beatrice Sparks deals with a tough social issue faced by thousands of teens, parents, educators, police, and others--teenage gangs. Sam, 14, comes to Dr. Sparks in an attempt to leave behind his gang life. Helping Sam to recall his troubled past, Dr. Sparks examines the disturbing incidents that lead him to leave home and begin his disturbing life as part of a street gang.
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