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“I’m The Girl Who Faked Her Own Pregnancy as a Senior Project,” declares Gaby Rodriguez on the opening page of this story...
When Gretchen Oltman began teaching English literature to “a rough crowd” of Nebraska high school juniors and seniors in 1999, she assigned...
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M. K. Reed, art by Jonathan Hill First Second/Roaring Brook Press 216 pages As the shortest kid in his class in Americus,...
GLBTQ: The Survival Guide for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Teens: Revised and updated 2nd edition Kelly Huegel Free Spirit Publishing...
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Not Just a Game: Power, Politics, & American Sports Directed by Jeremy Earp Written by Dave Zirin, Jeremy Earp and Chris Boulton...
The most engaging elements came from the kids themselves. Scrawled on the bottom of handouts, the backs of postcards or between the...
Denise Thornton Scarecrow Press/Rowman & Littlefield 175 pages. “Lots of kids think they are invincible,” says Peter, who learned he had...
Directed by Bess O’Brien Kingdom County Productions75 minutes. DVD; educational package includes two discussion guides. A young man describes the Christmas...
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I Am JCris BeamLittle, Brown and Company339 pages. When Jenifer Juana Silver was in sixth grade, she begged her parents to call...
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Real Men: Urban Teens Write About How to Be a ManYouth Communication226 pages. In 35 autobiographical stories and articles, 26 urban males...
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The Same Thing Over and Over: How School Reformers Get Stuck in Yesterday’s IdeasBy Frederick M. HessHarvard University Press, 286 pages Feel-Bad...
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