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Thanks to the several people who responded.  I am listing what I found
in my library and suggestions from about ten people about fiction and
non-fiction books about young adults dealing with abusive relationships
with boyfriends.  Also one web site.
Books about Relationships in Pueblo Library

362.8 Ba  Battered Women: Psychological Study of Domestic Violence by
Maria Roy.  This book deals
with the psychological, police, and legal aspects.  It also discusses
prevention.

362.829 Ko  Battered Women: Living with the Enemy by Anna Kosof.  A
short and concise books that in
Chapter III discusses  how the cycle begins in courtship and romance.

155.4 Le   When Kids Drive Kids Crazy by Eda LeShan.  This is more a
book about the very beginning of
relationship and how to recognize a healthy relationship.

362.829 Ki  Breaking the Cycle of Domestic Violence by
Kinslinger-Bruhn.  An easier to read book
written for young adults that deals both with family violence and how to
develop health
relationships.

362.82  Vi   Violence Against Women by Current Controversies.   This is
very in depth book that features
different viewpoints about causes and remedies.

306.73  Ru   Everything you Need to Know About Abusive Relationships by
Nancy Rue.  This is probably
the best book at Pueblo dealing directly with this issue for young
adults.
Items from Library Listserv: Suggestions;Abusive Relationship that Young
Adults become
Involved in:


Nonfiction:
In Love and Danger: A Teen's Guide to Breaking Free of Abusive
Relationship by Levy
        Levy, Barrie.  Seal Press Feminist, 10.95.
10 Stupid Things Women do to Mess up their lives by Schlessinger
        Harperperenniel Library, 1995, 13.00.
Dating Violence: True Stories of Hurt and Hope by John Hicks.
        Millbrook, 1996, 23.90.

Fiction
Miklowitz    Past Forgiving  Simon & Schuster, 1995,  14.40
Rue, Nancy    Stop in the Name of Love  (out of print)

Reynolds, Marilyn   Baby Help: True to Life Series  Allen & Unwin, 1997,
8.95
Mazer, Norma Fox    Out of Control   Flare Mass Market  1996  4.50
Bunting, Eve. Jumping the Nail.  Harcourt  ,1993  6.00
Funky Winkerbean  Week of April 21
http://whiteribbon.ca/

Martha Pankratz, Librarian
Pueblo High School Library
Tucson, AZ
hohokam@azstarnet.com

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