Picks for Red Ribbon Week

October 23-30 is Red Ribbon Week, celebrating drug-free, healthy lifestyles.  Check out these books to learn from the mistakes of others and develop strategies for your own life! 

• Candy by Kevin Brooks
• Smack by Melvin Burgess
• True Confessions:  Real Stories about Drinking and Drugs by John DeConsiglio
• Crank by Ellen Hopkins
• Chasing the High:  A Firsthand Account of One Young Person's Experience with Substance Abuse by Kyle Keegan
• Dope Sick by Walter Dean Myers
• Wise Highs:  How to Thrill, Chill and Get Away from It All without Alcohol or Other Drugs by Alex Packer
• Big Book Unplugged:  A Young Person's Guide to Alcoholics Anonymous by John R.
• Street Pharm by Allison van Diepen
• Rooftop by Paul Volponi
• How I Made It to Eighteen:  A Mostly True Story by Tracy White (graphic novel)