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Publisher
Universal Studios Home Video
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
When a new student starts in Professor Hundert's class, little does he know she will change his life forever. They start out butting heads and end up forming a friendship that will shake his controlled world. The lessons learned will last a lifetime.
Author
Series
Kids have feelings too volume FE 3857
Publisher
Fearon Teacher Aids
Pub. Date
©1996
Language
English
Description
A young boy describes his feelings of fear, guilt, and anger when his parents break up.
Publisher
Three Rivers Press
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Gig consists of over 125 chapters of Americans talking about their jobs. Gig covers a wide spread of jobs, from McDonald's Crew Member to CEO. Each chapter is about 3-5 pages long, and is written in the first-person exactly as it was told to the editors. Each person shares how they got into their job, what their daily routine consists of, how they feel about their job, and some juicy inside information. This is a great book for anyone who is looking...
Author
Publisher
Chuck Schmidt
Pub. Date
©2019]
Language
English
Description
After 33 years in education, author Chuck Schmidt has a treasure trove of stories to share. From his time as a teacher and award winning coach to superintendent of schools, he tells about the victories, the disappointments and the humorous incidents that make a life in education a challenging and rewarding vocation.
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Greg Behrendt knows that the one thing harder than realizing he's not that into you is finding the courage to walk away from the relationship. Complete with a workbook to help you put the crazy down on paper and not take it out into the world, this is a manual for getting over Mr. Wrong and reclaiming your inner Superfox. In the first few days or weeks after a breakup, you need to recognize that some things can't and shouldn't be fixed, especially...
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
REFERENCE. Learn what's new when it comes to being a good friend--our popular advice title now features fresh content and new illustrations! Friends are important to girls; they're the icing on their cake, the rainbow in their sky. But even best friends have trouble getting along sometimes. This guide will help girls deal with the pitfalls of interpersonal relationships, from backstabbing and triangles, to other tough friendship problems. It features...
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Four girls describe their friendship while attending Stuyvesant High School in New York City in a group journal that discusses their struggles to cope with schedules and social pressures as well as their witness of the September 2001 terrorist attacks that occurred outside their classroom window.
Publisher
TeleNext Media
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Stressed-out high school teacher Trish Fahey can't understand her students' lack of effort and why their parents don't seem to care. This is especially true of Justin Kremer, a popular, skateboard-loving basketball star who is underperforming in her class. Trish has him suspended from the team and quickly chalks up the situation as a case of bad parenting. When Trish wrecks her car, she wakes to find herself living the life of Cindy Kremer, the...
Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"Teenage Sexuality: What Factors Influence Teenage Sexuality?; What Are Some Significant Teen Sexuality Issues?; How Should Society Educate Teens About Sex?; How Should Society Respond to Teenage Sexuality?"--
Presents a series of essays examining the issue of teenage sexuality, including peer pressure, teen pregnancy, and homosexuality.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of the nineteenth-century community of Covert, Michigan, describing how its mixed-race citizens lived in harmony and enjoyed completely integrated schools and churches and shared power and wealth between races.
57) Freedom Writers
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
A true story about a teacher in a racially divided school who gives her students what they've always needed, a voice. Erin Gruwell comes to a southern California high school bubbling over with naive optimism. She quickly discovers that her unruly classroom is not easily won over by her good intentions. After a few floundering attempts to connect with her students, Gruwell gives them the assignment of keeping journals about their own lives, This assignment...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Tired of being singled out at her mostly-white private school as someone who needs support, high school junior Jade would rather participate in the school's amazing Study Abroad program than join Women to Women, a mentorship program for at-risk girls.
"Acclaimed author Renee Watson offers a powerful story about a girl striving for success in a world that too often seems like it's trying to break her. Jade believes she must get out of her poor neighborhood...
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
�2007, 2006
Language
English
Description
Taj Mahal Badalandabad is back and leaves Coolidge College behind him for the hallowed halls of Camford University in England. He looks to continue his education, and teach an uptight student how to make the most out of her academic career.
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
c1986
Language
English
Description
The author presents letters from children to her confiding their concerns with friendships, families, illness, sexuality, and other problems; and in return, Ms. Blume shares similar moments from her own life, both as a child and as a parent.