
SUGGESTED READING ON CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
Reading recommended for adults:
The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass, Laura Davis
The Courage to Heal Workbook: For Women and Men Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Laura Davis
Allies in Healing: When the Person You Love Was Sexually Abused As a Child, A Support Book by Laura Davis
Victims No Longer: Men Recovering from Incest and Other Sexual Child Abuse by Mike Lew, Ellen Bass
When Your Child Has Been Molested: A Parent's Guide to Healing and Recovery by Karthryn Hagans
Child Lures: What Every Parent and Child Should Know About Preventing Sexual Abuse and Abduction by Kenneth Wooden
I Never Told Anyone: Writings by Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass, Louise Thornton (contributor)
Father-Daughter Incest by Judith Lewis Herman
Secret Survivors: Uncovering Incest and Its Aftereffects in Women by E. Sue Blume
Innocence Lost? Protecting Your Child from the Trauma of Abuse by Debbie Mahoney, Branko Romano
Reading recommended for children:
The Right Touch: A Read-Aloud Story to Help Prevent Child Sexual Abuse by Sandy Kleven, et al.
Something Happened and I'm Scared to Tell: A Book for Young Victims of Abuse by Patricia Kehoe, Carol Deach
My Body Is Private by Linda Walvoord Girard
What is the HERO Project?
HERO, a project of the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape, is a community-based, media-driven, child sexual abuse prevention program designed to educate and motivate adult community members to call the 24-hour HERO Hotline if they suspect child sexual abuse. ![]()
- Learn more about the HERO Project
- Learn more about child sexual abuse
- Learn more about abusers
- Learn more about how to be a HERO

