Inside Centrepoint

1984

The Story of a New Zealand Community by Len Oakes. This book was written by the resident academic who lived in the community in the 1980s and documented its growth and history from an insiders perspective

The Boy Who was Raised as a Dog

2008

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook-What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing by Bruce D Perry & Maia Szalavitz. A prominent American psychiatrist teaches about recovery from childhood trauma through sharing cases he has encountered of children who have found a way to heal from their awful experiences.

Surviving Centrepoint

2013

This book by Ella James (not her real name) documents one woman's experience of life as an adolescent living at Centrepoint

The Wounded Heart

2016

The Wounded Heart: Hope for Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse by Dan B Allender.

This books examines the issues surrounding the effects of childhood sexual abuse and charts a course for personal healing and change.

Devoured

2018

This recently published novel by new British author Anna Mackmin is set in a community very similar to Centrepoint in the UK. It's a compelling, humorous and stark portrayal of the life of children in an alternative community, where is all is not as it seems on the surface.