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The Dancing sun: a celebration of Canadian children
By Jan Andrews. 1981
The best fiction of Rudyard Kipling
By Rudyard Kipling. 1989
Teen alcoholism (Teen issues)
By Barbara Sheen. 2004
Examines how and why some teenagers become alcoholics, and discusses the ripple effect of teen alcoholism as well as treatment…
and preventative measures. Includes an overview of alcoholism as an addiction or a disease, and looks at its physiological, psychological, and emotional dimensions. Both the individual and societal consequences of teen alcoholism are considered. Some descriptions of violence. For Senior High readers. 2004.Marijuana (A First book)
By Eve Stwertka, Albert Stwertka. 1986
Discusses the cultivation, history, chemistry and popular culture of the drug. Also gives various viewpoints about health effects and looks…
at the debate over the drug's decriminalization. For junior and senior high and older readers. 1986.Kobzar's children: a century of stories by Ukrainians
By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch. 2006
An anthology of short historical fiction, memoirs, and poems written about the Ukrainian immigrant experience. The stories span a century…
of history from 1905 to 2004, and they contain the voices of people who lived through internment as "enemy aliens," homesteading, famine, displacement, concentration camps, and this new century's Orange Revolution. Some descriptions of violence. For senior high readers. 2006.Examines the history, dangers, and increasing appeal of cocaine in America. The author describes in great detail the drug's effects…
on the body, especially with regard to the brain. Junior and Senior High.1986.Alcohol (Talking points)
By Emma Haughton. 1998
Looks at the place of alcoholic drinks in cultures around the world and seeks to examine the many social and…
moral issues surrounding it. Includes questions such as "What is alcohol and what happens to your body when you drink it?" and "Why do so many people abuse alcohol, and what are the effects?"Lettres à la jeunesse: dix poètes parlent de l'espoir (Librio. 571)
By Collectif. 2003
Dix poètes de dix pays différents (Liban, France, Italie, Israël, Portugal, etc.) adressent à la jeunesse une lettre et un…
poème sur le thème de l'espoir et sur le rôle de la poésie dans notre monde. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 2003.A simple program: a contemporary translation of the book Alcoholics Anonymous
By Bill W., J. 1996
This revision of Alcoholics Anonymous, first published in 1939, uses modern language without gender or relationship assumptions. Explains alcoholism and…
AA's twelve-step method of recovery. In AA tradition, the author remains anonymous. 1996. Uniform title: Alcoholics AnonymousDrug abuse (viewpoints)
By Emma Haughton. 1997
I have the right to: a high school survivor's story of sexual assault, justice, and hope
By Chessy Prout, Jenn Abelson. 2018
Prout recounts her own experience of being sexually assaulted when she was a freshman at St. Paul's School, a prestigious…
New Hampshire boarding school. Discusses how the school's administration ignored the rape culture that flourished for decades. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2018Toil and trouble: 15 tales of women & witchcraft
By Nova Ren Suma, Brenna Yovanoff, Elizabeth May, Andrea Cremer, Zoraida Córdova, Jessica Spotswood, Brandy Colbert, Robin Talley, Lindsay Smith, Emery Lord, Tess Sharpe, Shveta Thakrar, Anna-Marie McLemore, Tehlor Kay Mejia, Kate Hart. 2018
Compilation of fifteen feminist tales of women embracing their magical powers and witchcraft. In Tehlor Kay Mejia's "Starsong," sixteen-year-old Esperanza,…
a bruja, surprises herself when she connects on social media with a skeptic, a NASA-loving girl. Strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2018They can't kill us until they kill us: essays
By Hanif Abdurraqib. 2017
A poet and critic presents a collection of essays about the impact of music, especially live music, on his life…
and how music can be a lens through which we view the world. Subjects range from Nina Simone to Bruce Springsteen to Chance the Rapper. Strong language. 201759 hours (Simon true: real stories. Real teens. Real consequences)
By Johnny Kovatch. 2018
Chronicles the fifty-nine hours from August 6, 2000, when fifteen-year-old Nicholas Markowitz was kidnapped, to his eventual murder after midnight…
on August 9th. Recounts the trial and life after for the family and criminals. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2018The Acid King (Simon true)
By Jesse P. Pollack. 2018
True story of the murder of Long Island teen Gary Lauwers by Ricky Kasso in 1984, called a "Satanic sacrifice"…
by the international media. Recounts the case and America's War on Drugs campaign. Violence and strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2018Deep water (Simon true)
By Katherine Nichols. 2017
In 1971, seventeen-year-old Eddie Otero, a skilled waterman and avid surfer, agreed to swim an illicit package across the border…
from Mexico. The author recounts how this one-time thrill turned into a million-dollar drug-smuggling operation. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2017Tesoros de mi isla: una infancia cubana
By Alma Flor Ada, Antonio Martorell, Edel Rodríguez. 2016
La popular autora de libros para niños recuerda su infancia en Cuba. Contiene tres libros: "Allá donde florecen los framboyanes"…
(1994), "Bajo las palmas reales" (1998), y "Días en la Quinta Simoni" (2015). Para grados 5-8 y lectores mayoresBreaking free: true stories of girls who escaped modern slavery
By Abby Sher. 2014
Profiles of three girls who claim to have been subjected to human sex trafficking: Somaly Mam, Minh Dang, and Maria…
Suarez. Discusses their experiences and how they escaped. Includes resources for learning more about how sex trafficking happens and ways to fight it. Violence and some explicit descriptions of sex. For senior high and older readers. 2014The best American essays, 2011 (Best American series)
By Edwidge Danticat, Robert Atwan. 2011
Collection of twenty-four essays selected by Edwidge Danticat, author of Claire of the Sea Light (DB 77467). Includes " Magical…
Dinners" by Chang-rae Lee, author of On Such a Full Sea (DB 78213), in which he reflects on meals with his immigrant parents when he was a child. 2011Why Orwell matters
By Christopher Hitchens. 2002
Essayist explores the life and work of George Orwell (1903-1950), best known as the author of 1984 and Animal Farm.…
Discusses Orwell's political beliefs and the ways they were shaped by the times in which he lived. Challenges Orwell's critics and argues that his ideas remain relevant. 2002