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Publisher
Film Ideas, Inc
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
A film documentary about the lives of inner city youths. It is s story of an inner city baseball team with a dedicated coach, and players who use their talents and drive to survive a neighborhood formerly known as the "crack capital" of the world.
Author
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
This work is the author's memoir of his life, his parents, and the upstate New York town they all struggled variously to escape. Anyone familiar with the author's fiction will recognize Gloversville, New York, once famous for producing that eponymous product and anything else made of leather. This is where the author grew up, the only son of an aspirant mother and a good-time, second-fiddle father who were born into this close-knit community. But...
Author
Series
J. P. Beaumont mysteries volume 20
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seattle P.I. J. P. Beaumont uncovers a crime that has a devastating effect on two troubled teens and becomes even more of a firestorm when it reaches into the halls of state government.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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The author and poet recalls the anguish of her childhood in Arkansas and her adolescence in northern slums.
"Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou's debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Sent by their mother...
69) Family huddle
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st Club ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
During a trip to visit both sets of grandparents in Mississippi, brothers Eli, Cooper, and Peyton, and their father, former NFL star Archie Manning, take advantage of every opportunity to play football, practice plays, or play sports trivia games.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
A talented group of high school misfits transforms into a performing sensation with the help of a dedicated teacher. Through laughter, tears, irreverent humor, and unforgettable music, they learn to follow their hearts and chase their dreams.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
The three-time Newbery Honor-winning author of Hatchet shares the story of his turbulent childhood, his escape into military service and the life-changing impact of an encouraging librarian who handed him his first book.
Author
Publisher
Zondervan Thrive
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Your child doesn't need a perfect parent, but a present one. Amy and Jeffrey Olrick draw on experience, research, and Jeffrey's work as a child psychologist to help parents discover the power of relational connection. With compassion, faith, and humor, The 6 Needs of Every Child offers insight and tools that will sustain your child for a lifetime"--
75) Long way down
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
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Description
There are three rules in the neighborhood: Don't cry ; Don't snitch ; Get revenge. Will takes his dead brother Shawn's gun, and gets in the elevator on the 7th floor. As the elevator stops on each floor, someone connected to Shawn gets on. Someone already dead. Dead by teenage gun violence. And each has something to share with Will.
76) Laugh and learn
Author
Publisher
Covenant Communications Inc
Pub. Date
[2016].
Language
English
Description
Laugh and learn with two of the funniest inspirational speakers around. In this live presentation, popular speaker Hank Smith introduces professional presenter and entertainer Jason Hewlett to LDS audiences. Together they answer questions from teenagers about prayer, family relationships, social media, gaining and keeping a testimony, the Atonement, and more. The whole family will love laughing while learning about important gospel topics.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Within these pages, you'll meet young changemakers who found their inner strength, who prevailed in the face of bullies, who started their own social movements, who decided to break through the mental health stigma and share how they felt, who created safe spaces for LGBTQ+ youth, and who have embraced kindness with every fiber of their being by helping others without the expectation of anything in return"--
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixteen-year-old Nate McKee is doing his best to be invisible. He's worried about a lot of things - how his dad treats Nance and his twin half-brothers; the hydro crop in his bedroom; his reckless friend, Merrick. Nate hangs out at the local youth centre and fills his notebooks with things he can't say. But when some of his pages are stolen, and his words are graffitied at the centre, Nate realises he has allies. He might be able to make a difference,...
79) My friend Dahmer
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
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Description
A young Jeffrey Dahmer struggles to belong in high school.
"A warped wonder of a movie about a cannibalistic serial killer's awkward teenage years-it takes twisted to areas few have investigated."--Rolling Stone.
"This film is sensitively wrought. It's credible in its evocation of mid-'70s suburbia. The acting is excellent throughout, and Ross Lynch in the role of Dahmer elicits genuine sympathy for an increasingly lost but not yet monstrous soul."--New...
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