Stop Sexual Exploitation Week NL (Adult + YA)

Every May, Newfoundland & Labrador brings awareness to sexual exploitation in our province through increased education.

In collaboration with CASEY and Thrive, we have assembled a booklist for adults and young adults, covering the stories of real sexual abuse survivors and resources for understanding and healing from sexual abuse/exploitation.

Updated March 17, 2026
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Stop Sexual Exploitation Week NL (Adult + YA)

Every May, Newfoundland & Labrador brings awareness to sexual exploitation in our province through increased education.

In collaboration with CASEY and Thrive, we have assembled a booklist for adults and young adults, covering the stories of real sexual abuse survivors and resources for understanding and healing from sexual abuse/exploitation.

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Nobody's girl : a memoir of surviving abuse and fighting for justice
Giuffre, Virginia Roberts
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The unforgettable memoir by the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the woman who dared to take on Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell "Make no mistake: this is a book about power, corruption, industrial-scale sex abuse and the way in which...
One way back : a memoir
Ford, Christine Blasey
Paper Book
Now a New York Times bestseller "A blisteringly personal memoir...a thoughtful exploration of what it feels like to become a main character in a major American reckoning." --The Washington Post "An insightful tour de force." --People<...
Unbound : my story of liberation and the birth of the Me Too movement
Burke, Tarana
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Searing. Powerful. Needed." --Oprah "Sometimes a single story can change the world. Unbound is one of those stories. Tarana's words are a testimony to liberation and love." --Brené Brown From...
Credible : why we doubt accusers and protect abusers
Tuerkheimer, Deborah.
Paper Book
In this landmark book, a former prosecutor, legal expert, and leading authority on sexual violence examines why we are primed to disbelieve allegations of sexual abuse--and how we can transform a culture and a legal system structured to dismiss accusers   ...
You too?
Paper Book
A timely and heartfelt collection of essays inspired by the #MeToo movement, edited by acclaimed author Janet Gurtler. Featuring Beth Revis, Mackenzi Lee, Ellen Hopkins, Saundra Mitchell, Jennifer Brown, Cheryl Rainfield and many more. When #MeToo went viral, Janet Gurtler was among the...
Grass
Gendry-Kim, Keum Suk
Paper Book
Appeared on best of the year lists from The New York Times, The Guardian, and more! Winner of The Cartoonist Studio Prize for Best Print Comic of the Year! Grass is a powerful antiwar graphic novel, telling the life story of a Korean girl named Okseon Lee...
The last girl : my story of captivity, and my fight against the Islamic State
Murad, Nadia
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE * In this "courageous" (The Washington Post) memoir of survival, a former captive of the Islamic State tells her harrowing and ultimately inspiring story.   Nadia Murad was born and raised in Kocho, a small village of farmers...
Finding me : a decade of darkness, a life reclaimed : a memoir of the Cleveland kidnappings
Knight, Michelle
Paper Book
Michelle was a young single mother when she was kidnapped by a local school bus driver named Ariel Castro. For more than a decade afterward, she endured unimaginable torture at the hand of her abductor. In 2003 Amanda Berry joined her in captivity, followed by Gina DeJesus in 2004. Their escape on...
Invisible girls : the truth about sexual abuse
Feuereisen, Patti
Paper Book
The statistics are staggering.One in four girls will experience sexual abuse by the time she is sixteen, and 48 percent of all rapes involve a young woman under the age of eighteen. It's not surprising then, that in a society where sexual abuse of young women is rampant, many women never share their...
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