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Abusive behavior is often learned at a young age and usually surfaces in adolescence when teens try to exert physical or sexual power over their boyfriends or girlfriends. Rue advises victims and abusers on how to get help.

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Gr 7 Up‘Two effective, informative series entries illustrated with appealing black-and-white and full-color photographs. The hi/lo reading level makes the books especially suited to reluctant readers although all young people will benefit from the material presented. Also, while the pictures and situations used as examples involve high-school students, younger teens can learn much as well. Abusive Relationships covers emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, with some emphasis on date rape. Advice is given to teens on how to get help, whether they are being abused or inflicting abuse. One criticism, however, is that Rue offers a checklist to help teenaged girls determine if they are victims of abuse. If five or more of the statements are true, according to the author, abuse is happening. One of the entries reads, "He has hit, slapped, pushed, or kicked me before." It doesn't seem that such a situation requires any further elucidation. Schleifer discusses the longtime, cross-cultural custom of hazing and how it is pervasive in society from bootcamps and fraternities to sports and the workplace. Special attention is paid to street-gang hazing and antihazing laws. Both books discuss the wider issue of violence in our society and offer suggestions on how to work to end it.‘Connie Tyrrell Burns, Mahoney Middle School, South Portland, ME (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Nancy Rue is an award-winning author. She majored in English at Stetson University and earned her master's degree in education at the College of William and Mary. Rue earned a degree in theatre from the University of Nevada, Reno, after eleven years of teaching English. She and husband Jim founded the Nevada Children's Theatre.

Rue is the author of adult titles the Sullivan Crisp Series and The Reluctant Prophet Series, as well as Antonia's Choice, Pascal's Wager, and Tristan's Gap. She is also the author of numerous children's and young adult novels.

(Bowker Author Biography)