Substance Abuse in Teen Fiction

Under the Wolf, Under the Dog by Adam Rapp

• Steve has substance abuse issues as suicidal tendencies.

After the Wreck, I Picked Myself Up Spread My Wings and Flew Away by Joyce Carol Oates

• Jenna turns to drugs to deal with her guilt about causing the accident that killed her mother.

Almost Home by Jessica Blank 

• A group of street kids have or develop various addictions in this heartbreaking look at teen runaways.

You Know Where to Find Me by Rachel Cohn

• Miles abuses prescription drugs as she deals with her cousin's suicide.