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Dead Inside by Cyndy Etler (2018, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherSourcebooks, Incorporated

ISBN-101492652792

ISBN-139781492652793

eBay Product ID (ePID)239642160

Product Key Features

Book TitleDead inside

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicDrama, Health & Daily Living / Substance Abuse, Biography & Autobiography / General, Social Topics / Adolescence, People & Places / United States / General, Social Topics / Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse

Publication Year2018

GenreJuvenile Nonfiction, Young Adult Nonfiction

AuthorCyndy Etler

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight10.3 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience

Grade FromEighth Grade

Grade ToTwelfth Grade

SynopsisThis fast-paced memoir that New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins called "Compelling. Scary. Totally real" gives readers a glimpse into the unbelievable reality of a young girl's 16 months in the notorious "tough love" program the ACLU called "a concentration camp for throwaway kids." I never was a badass. Or a slut, a junkie, or a stoner, like they told me I was. I was just a kid looking for something good, something that felt like love. I was a wannabe in a Levi's jean jacket. Anybody could see that. Except my mother. And the staff at Straight. I was thirteen when I ran away from my abusive home. After a month in a shelter for kids--the best month of my childhood--my mother heard about Princess Di and First Lady Nancy Reagan's visit to this place that was working miracles with troubled teens. Straight Inc., it was called. Straight described itself as a drug rehab, a "direction for youth." Strictly false advertising. An accurate description came from the ACLU, which called it "A concentration camp for throwaway teens." Inside the windowless warehouse, Straight used bizarre and intimidating methods to "treat" us; to turn us into the type of kids our parents wanted. The Dead Inside takes readers behind Straight's closed doors, illustrating why the program was eventually investigated, sued, and closed down for abusing children. "Raw and absorbing, Etler's voice captivates"-- Kirkus Reviews "[An] unnerving and heartrending memoir..."-- Publishers Weekly "Etler weaves her story with conviction, self-deprecating humor, and hard facts"-- Booklist "This is a memoir unlike anything else on the shelves today"-- Germ Magazine, Age range 14 to 17 Etler's intense memoir uncovers the lies behind Straight, Inc., a teen rehab facility that gave teens hell--now in paperback. By age fourteen, Cyndy escaped from her violent home, only to be reported as a runaway and sent to a drug rehab facility that changed her world. In this gritty, true account of a living nightmare, Cyndy chronicles the horrific sixteen months she spent suffering sleep deprivation, physical abuse, and brainwashing as she was "healed" by Straight, Inc., a program the ACLU call "a concentration camp for throwaway teens.", This fast-paced memoir that New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins called "Compelling. Scary. Totally real" gives readers a glimpse into the unbelievable reality of a young girl's 16 months in the notorious "tough love" program the ACLU called "a concentration camp for throwaway kids." I never was a badass. Or a slut, a junkie, or a stoner, like they told me I was. I was just a kid looking for something good, something that felt like love. I was a wannabe in a Levi's jean jacket. Anybody could see that. Except my mother. And the staff at Straight. I was thirteen when I ran away from my abusive home. After a month in a shelter for kids--the best month of my childhood--my mother heard about Princess Di and First Lady Nancy Reagan's visit to this place that was working miracles with troubled teens. Straight Inc., it was called. Straight described itself as a drug rehab, a "direction for youth." Strictly false advertising. An accurate description came from the ACLU, which called it "A concentration camp for throwaway teens." Inside the windowless warehouse, Straight used bizarre and intimidating methods to "treat" us; to turn us into the type of kids our parents wanted. The Dead Inside takes readers behind Straight's closed doors, illustrating why the program was eventually investigated, sued, and closed down for abusing children. "Raw and absorbing, Etler's voice captivates"-- Kirkus Reviews " An] unnerving and heartrending memoir..."-- Publishers Weekly "Etler weaves her story with conviction, self-deprecating humor, and hard facts"-- Booklist "This is a memoir unlike anything else on the shelves today"-- Germ Magazine, This fast-paced memoir that New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins called "Compelling. Scary. Totally real" gives readers a glimpse into the unbelievable reality of a young girl's 16 months in the notorious "tough love" program the ACLU called "a concentration camp for throwaway kids." I never was a badass. Or a slut, a junkie, or a stoner, like they told me I was. I was just a kid looking for something good, something that felt like love. I was a wannabe in a Levi's jean jacket. Anybody could see that. Except my mother. And the staff at Straight. I was thirteen when I ran away from my abusive home. After a month in a shelter for kids--the best month of my childhood--my mother heard about Princess Di and First Lady Nancy Reagan's visit to this place that was working miracles with troubled teens. Straight Inc., it was called. Straight described itself as a drug rehab, a "direction for youth." Strictly false advertising. An accurate description came from the ACLU, which called it "A concentration camp for throwaway teens." Inside the windowless warehouse, Straight used bizarre and intimidating methods to "treat" us; to turn us into the type of kids our parents wanted. The Dead Inside takes readers behind Straight's closed doors, illustrating why the program was eventually investigated, sued, and closed down for abusing children.