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ix, 272 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Sixteen-year-old Ruby Karp addresses the issues facing every highschooler, from grades to peer pressure to Snapchat stories, and unpacks their complicated effects on the teen psyche. With dashes of humor throughout, Ruby advises her peers on the importance of feminism ("not just the Spice Girls version"), how to deal with jealousy and friend break-ups, family life, and much more.
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119 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"Emmy Award-winning ABC News chief national correspondent and Nightline coanchor Byron Pitts shares the heartbreaking and inspiring stories of six young people who overcame impossible circumstances with extraordinary perseverance. Abuse. Bullying. War. Drug Addiction. Mental Illness. Violence. None of these should be realities for anyone, much less a young person. But for some it is the only reality they have ever known. In these dark circumstances,...
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xiv, 146 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
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An experienced sex educator provides insightful information and advice to young adults on the issues of sex, STDs, ethics, teen pregnancy, the pleasures of intimacy and other sex-related topics, in an updated reissue of a useful and candid guide written specifically for teens.
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English
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Parenting a teen with intense emotions can be extremely difficult. This much-needed book will give you the tools needed to help your teen regulate his or her emotions. In addition, you'll learn the skills for managing your own reactions so you can survive these difficult years and help your teen thrive. The teen years can be daunting for any parent. But if you are the parent of a teen who lashes out or engages in troubling behavior, you may be unsure...
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1 videodisc (approximately 96 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Grace [is] a twenty-something supervisor at a group home for troubled teens. She's passionate, tough and in love with her long-term boyfriend and co-worker, Mason ... But Grace's difficult past, her fierce independence -- and the arrival of a distraught new girl at the facility -- create complications that push Grace and Mason to the brink. How this couple overcomes those challenges is what makes this film an entirely unique love story. Grace and...
11) Jeepers creepers
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1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Alone on a desolate highway, two homebound teens are nearly run off the road by a demented tailgater. Later they spot this maniac disposing a body down into a sewer pipe. When they stop to investigate, they realize the horrible mistake they have made. The unspeakable evil maniac now intends to make them his next victims.
12) Dodgers: a novel
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290 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Sent by his uncle along with his hotheaded brother and other teens to kill a major witness, East, a young gang member from Los Angeles, finds his perspectives changed by his encounters outside of the city.
13) Wargames
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1 videodisc (approximately 113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Young computer genius David Lightman breaks into the Defense Department's war computer, but what he thinks is a game just may start World War III.
14) Dreamology
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329 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Experiencing dreams about her soulmate all of her life, Alice meets the real boy, Max, when she moves to a new school and finds that their real relationship is more complicated than their dream one.
15) Pecker
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1 videodisc (approximately 86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Pecker tells the story of a goofy 18-year-old who works in a Baltimore sandwich shop and takes photos of his loving but peculiar family and friends on the side. Pecker, so named for his childhood habit of "pecking" at his food, stumbles into fame when his work is "discovered" by a savvy New York art dealer.
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305 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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A psycho-killer's daughter narrates her gory youth. Disguised as a boy she accompanies her father on his murderous jobs, during which she pretends to be a mute so as not to give away her voice. One of the more memorable tasks is disposing of dead mobsters in a slaughterhouse.
17) The way he looks
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1 videodisc (96 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Portuguese
Description
A fun and tender story about friendship and the complications of young love. Leo is a blind teenager who's fed up with his overprotective mother and the bullies at school. Looking to assert his independence, he decides to study abroad to the dismay of his best friend, Giovana. When Gabriel, the new kid in town, teams with Leo on a school project, new feelings blossom in him that make him reconsider his plans.
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155 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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"Wise teens need straight, bold talk, the kind of advice that is sharp enough to help them cut through the false promises and lies of our culture and blunt enough to push back all the old, tired stereotypes of teenagers. This book is fearless, lucid, God focused, and gospel drenched, applied in concrete practices, and aimed at nothing less than your eternal joy. Not the time to slack off. It's the time to stand out."
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x, 371 pages ; 25 cm.
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English
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"Basic consumer information and guidelines on teen financial literacy and transitioning to adulthood. Offers career-planning guidance and covers internships, apprenticeships, and college; saving and spending wisely; money-management tools and other financial information offered as additional resources"--
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1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Teen misfits Roma, Toto, and Drop call themselves the "Don Glees," an informal name for their backyard adventures. One day, when the trio gets blamed for a nearby forest fire, they set off into the woods to prove their innocence. As disaster strikes their expedition, tensions flare between the friends as they realize that growing up has taken them on wildly different paths in life.
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