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My Time as Caz Hazard

My Time as Caz Hazard

by Tanya Lloyd Kyi
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tagged : suicide, disabilities & special needs, peer pressure
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Dodie Dunstan died last night," she said.
Strangely, my first thought was that Dodie had a last name. Other than Doorknob, that is. Was that how you talked about a dead person? You used her full name?
Ms. Samuels' voice caught, but she continued. "The police don't suspect foul play."
"That means what?" I asked, confused.
"She offed herself. Suicide," Jaz said, turning his intense stare in my direction for the first time all morning. He pursed his lips, considering. "She seems like the pill type to me. She wouldn't want to see blood.

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The Dream Where Losers Go

The Dream Where Losers Go

by Beth Goobie
edition:Paperback
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tagged : suicide, sexual abuse, magical realism
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She began dreaming about him in the dark dream, the one with the endless tunnels, stone walls that slid by cold under her fingertips, invisible because it was too dark to see. Hand outstretched, she would move forward, never knowing if she was progressing toward an exit or if at some point she had turned around and begun moving back toward the place she had come from, a place she could not remember.

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The Dream Where the Losers Go

The Dream Where the Losers Go

by Beth Goobie
edition:eBook
tagged : suicide, magical realism, sexual abuse
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She began dreaming about him in the dark dream, the one with the endless tunnels, stone walls that slid by cold under her fingertips, invisible because it was too dark to see. Hand outstretched, she would move forward, never knowing if she was progressing toward an exit or if at some point she had turned around and begun moving back toward the place she had come from, a place she could not remember.

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The Hemingway Tradition

The Hemingway Tradition

by Kristen Butcher
edition:eBook
tagged : suicide, parents, art
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We had the top down on our old Le Baron and the sun was beating from a sky that was nothing but blue. It was my mom's turn to drive, so I was stretched out in the passenger seat, watching Saskatchewan slide by, thinking there must be a couple dozen different ways for a guy to kill himself.

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The World Without Us

The World Without Us

by Robin Stevenson
edition:Paperback
tagged : suicide, death & dying, friendship
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Who Owns Kelly Paddik?

Who Owns Kelly Paddik?

by Beth Goobie
edition:Paperback
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tagged : sexual abuse), orphans & foster homes, suicide
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Pushing open the car door, I dug my feet into the ground and took off for the gate. I could hear my social worker yelling, but then a huge roaring filled my ears. At the parking lot entrance, the horror movie gate still stood open, waiting for me.
I had to get away—that was all I could think about. The gate grew and grew, and then I was through it and out in the street. Everything in me pulled together and began to run, fast as my heart was beating, faster.

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