This website is a place where teens can find books to fit their reading style. Charlie is a big fan of reading and it is where he finds his personal haven.
www.drugfree.org/prevent
This is a website about drug prevention and how to avoid peer pressure. Charlie eventually gives into the trends and starts smoking cigarettes as well as marijuana.
www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/abortion-4260.aspCached
This website has facts about pregnancy and abortion facts. Charlie's sister winds up pregnant and secretly gets an abortion without her parents knowing.
www.abuse.net/
This is a website where you can report abuse towards you or someone else. In the book, Charlie's sister is in an abusive relationship and does nothing about it, leading to Charlie eventually telling a teacher and helps his sister.
www.bgiok.org.uk/
This website is for reassuring gays that it's alright to be yourself and gives them support. One of Charlie's bestfriends is gay, but keeps his relationships secret and only a few select people know about it.
www.stopbullying.gov/
This website has was of avoiding or stoping bullying towards teens. Once Patrick's secret is out about him being gay, he is bullied and ends in a violent fight in school.
www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
This is a website to help people with their suicidal thoughts and feelings and helps reassure people. In the book, there are these teens with suicidal thoughts but are never cured, and Charlie ends up being the one who cracks and literally loses his mind.
www.psychologytoday.com/basics/self-esteem
This website states facts about depression and how to feel better about yourself. Charlie lacks self esteem, but it's mostly the girls in his group of friends who end up not being comfortable with themselves.
www.helpguide.org/mental/grief_loss.htm
This is a guide to help get through loss of friends or family. Charlie losses his Aunt Hellen at an early age, but she pops up throughout his life and is someone he treasures and has a hard time letting go.
www.psychiatrist.com/
This is an online version of a psychiatrist. Charlie is forced to see a psychiatrist multipule times throughout his life, but it never seems to help.
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