David Sheff
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The author of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller "Beautiful Boy" offers a new paradigm for dealing with addiction based on cutting-edge research and stories of his own and other families' struggles with -- and triumphs over -- drug abuse.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Formats
Description
#1 New York Times bestseller
With a new afterword
Now a Major Motion Picture
Starring Steve Carell * Timothée Chalamet * Maura Tierney * and Amy Ryan
"A brilliant, harrowing, heartbreaking, fascinating story, full of beautiful moments and hard-won wisdom. This book will save a lot of lives and heal a lot of hearts." — Anne Lamott
"'When one of us tells the truth, he makes it easier...
With a new afterword
Now a Major Motion Picture
Starring Steve Carell * Timothée Chalamet * Maura Tierney * and Amy Ryan
"A brilliant, harrowing, heartbreaking, fascinating story, full of beautiful moments and hard-won wisdom. This book will save a lot of lives and heal a lot of hearts." — Anne Lamott
"'When one of us tells the truth, he makes it easier...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Formats
Description
David Sheff's story is a first: a teenager's addiction from the parent's point of view, a real-time chronicle of the shocking descent into substance abuse and the gradual emergence into hope. Before meth, Sheff's son, Nic, was a varsity athlete, honor student, and award-winning journalist. After meth, he was a trembling wraith who stole money from his eight-year-old brother and lived on the streets. With haunting candor, Sheff traces the first warning...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
With drug education for children more important than ever, this book draws on the experiences of a "New York Times"-bestselling father-son team to provide all the information teens and tweens need to know about drugs, alcohol, and addiction.