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Somebody's Daughter is now available for kindle! See my blog for excerpts from Somebody's Daughter.
For review copies, email me at shelley@​shelleystoehr.com



Drunk Sex or Date Rape?

38% of girls aged 14-17 will be raped.

92% know their assailant.

90% of rapes occur when either the assailant or the victim is under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

However, 84% of young men polled who committed date rape did not believe they had committed a rape. They thought it was just drunk sex.

So, even though nearly half of our teenaged daughters will be date-raped, more than three-quarters of their assailants will think it was just “drunk sex”.

Why the confusion?

Shelley Stoehr will address these issues and reveal:

When is “drunk sex” really “date rape”?

What is date rape? Who commits date rape, and who is at risk?

How to prevent date rape: 10 things to teach your teenaged daughter.

Date rape drugs: What are they?

4 things your daughter should know to prevent being drugged against her will.

What to do when you’ve been raped: 5 things your daughter should do if she thinks she may have been raped.

Shelley is available for readings, interviews and signings. Contact her at christiancarthy@​sbcglobal.net or through this site.

What Readers Say About Shelley's Work

eLiZaBeTh (keeblerz@​excite.com), a reader, January 23, 2003,
AWESOME
Great content and excellent details. Shelley really pinpointed the way teenagers get when there is noone around, the whole outcast picture was perfect.
JeSsY from nj (lovethrumaheyez@​yahoo.com), a realistic novel lover, July 18, 2002,
i couldnt even put the book down
i've never had a book have such a strong impact on my life before..this novel no doubt has had strong results with my reading habits...i read the book in less than 3 days...i admit that i really dont like to read, but this book i definitely plan on reading it again and again.
Ashley smith (linkinparkgurl21@​hotmail.com), A reviewer, January 22, 2002,
Ashley smith of phoenix, AZ . The best book i've ever read in my life!!!
I could relate to this book very well. It really helped me overcome my problems. I recamend this book to everyone!
Tricia (luvinkidrock2005@​aol.com), a 15 student., February 23, 2001,
Best Book
I got this book at school at the book shop. I am into troubled teen books, I am soon going to get 'Tomarrow Wendy'' also by Shelley Stoehr. She is my all time favorite author. All her books seem really good. I have let a whole bunch of people read my book and all of them said they loved it.
Carole (carole_52@​hotmail.com), still a student in California, January 3, 2001,
A Go Ask Alice for the Year 2001
This book, in the first couple of chapters, explains so much in what is going to happen. This story is a real life thing. Many people, including myself at one time in my life, can truly relate to this book. I believe every young girl should read this because it is a lesson you can learn and actually understand anywhere else.
A reviewer, 30 yr. old self-mutilator of 14 yrs, November 17, 2000,
MY BIble
This book took me back to my teen angst years. Very real. Very entertaining.
A reviewer, 14 yr. old student, August 25, 2000,
Touching
A really good story that touched my heart. It is what teens now a days have to face-reality.
A reviewer, July 21, 1999,
Best book I have ever read
This was a really good book. I am a 11th grader in high school and it is very seldom that I will ever pick up a book. The reason I was so interested in it at first was because the book tells what some teen girls do when they are depressed or angry. I found it so good because there are a lot of times when I get so angry that I do cut myself and I really didn't believe that there was anyone out there who knew or did the same things that I have done.

Selected Works

short short stories/kindle
I call my girls “Outsider Girls” because the girls in my head tend to be outside the mainstream. Although they are not the popular girls, or even the average girls, they have a lot to say. Some of the girls who write here also appear in novels or short stories of mine, while others have only begun to raise their voices loud enough to be heard. They have all originated in my biweekly blog, www.outsidergirlswrite.blogspot.com, a.k.a. OGW. Meet the grrlz!
Young Adult Fiction/kindle
Somebody’s Daughter combines multiple points of view to tell the chilling events of a party gone wrong when the adults have all checked out of their children's lives.
Young Adult Fiction
Nancy and Katie are best friends with one big thing in common -- they both cut themselves, “Not by accident, we do it purposely -- and regularly -- because physical pain is comforting, and because now it has become a habit.”
When sixteen-year-old Tracey runs away she finds that making ends meet in New York City for a young girl with few real skills is nearly impossible. That’s when Tracey becomes Amanda, a topless dancer.
“I’ve discovered that if you wear a big enough hat, no one worries much about what’s going on inside your head,” says Cary. And no one, not even her boyfriend, Danny, knows about the things inside Cary’s head. Especially the feelings she has for Wendy, a girl with bright green hair and hard-candy sadness in her eyes.

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