Facing the Dragon: How a Desperate Act Pulled One Addict Out of Methamphetamine Hell

7 best books like Facing the Dragon: How a Desperate Act Pulled One Addict Out of Methamphetamine Hell (David Parnell): Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood, Orange Is the New Black, That Was Then, This Is Now, The Art of War: A New Translation by Michael Nylan, Rumble Fish, A Diary of a Private School Kid, Tex

Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood

Author	Koren Zailckas
ISBN	0143036475

Garnering a vast amount of attention from young people and parents, and from book buyers across the country, Smashed became a media sensation and a New York Times bestseller. Eye-opening and utterly gripping, Koren Zailckas’s story is that of thousands of girls like her who are not alcoholics yet...

Orange Is the New Black

Author	Piper Kerman
ISBN	0385523386

With a career, a boyfriend, and a loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the reckless young woman who delivered a suitcase of drug money ten years before.

But that past has caught up with her.

Convicted and sentenced to fifteen months at the infamous federal correctional facility...

That Was Then, This Is Now

Author	S.E. Hinton
ISBN	0140389660

Does growing up have to mean growing apart?

Since childhood, Bryon and Mark have been as close as brothers. Now things are changing. Bryon's growing up, spending a lot of time with girls, and thinking seriously about who he wants to be. Mark still just lives for the thrill of the moment. The two...

The Art of War: A New Translation by Michael Nylan

Author	Sun Tzu
ISBN	1324004894

Sun Tzu’s ancient book of strategy and psychology has as much to tell us today as when it was first written 2,500 years ago. In a world forever at odds, his rules for anticipating the motivations and strategies of our competitors never cease to inspire leaders of all kinds.


Michael Nylan,...

Rumble Fish

Author	Marcus Romer
ISBN	1583421548

By far, Rumblefish was my favorite S.E. Hinton book when I was a young teenager. I know that The Outsiders is generally considered the best of her young adult work, but I think that Rumblefish is a better book on several levels:

1.It is more honest about the lives of young adults. The Outsiders...

A Diary of a Private School Kid

Author

Penn Brooks

Private school is tough: bullies, peer pressure, uniforms, and social issues. You think it's bad being a wimpy kid in public school? Try walking in my shoes for one day! I'm Ben Montgomery and these are my unintentionally hilarious stories of misfortune.

A Diary of a Private School Kid is a funny...

Tex

Author

S.E. Hinton

Easygoing, thoughtless, and direct, Tex at fifteen likes everyone and everything, especially his horse, Negrito, and Johnny Collins's blue-eyed sister, Jamie. He thinks life with his seventeen-year-old brother, Mason, in their ramshackle house would be just about perfect if only Mace would stop...