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8) Dropping out
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Discusses some of the reasons for and consequences of not finishing high school, including poor study skills, learning disabilities, family problems, and violence.
10) Speak
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect of Melinda's freshman year in high school.
11) Tears of a tiger
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
Description
The death of high school basketball star Rob Washington in an automobile accident affects the lives of his close friend Andy, who was driving the car, and many others in the school.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
In her first year at a suburban New Jersy high school, Mary Elizabeth Cep, who now calls herself "Lola," sets her sights on the lead in the annual drama production, and finds herself in conflict with the most popular girl in school.
Author
Publisher
Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrink Publishers
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
When the new boy at her school turns out to be the son of a Hollywood power player, Jessica, a small-town sixteen-year-old with stars in her eyes, a job at Wal-Mart, and a bit part in "West Side Story," sets out to get Jordan's estranged father to attend the production--but her drama teacher's politically correct hatchet job on the script threatens to turn her "big break" into a disaster.
19) Extreme Elvin
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
As he enters high school, fourteen-year-old Elvin continues to deal with his weight problem as he tries to find his place among his peers.
20) Buffalo Brenda
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
c1989
Language
English
Description
Determined to make their mark on their high school, ninth graders India Ink and her zany best friend Brenda Tuna organize an underground newspaper and then provide a live buffalo as a mascot for the football team.
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