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Reality Check
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Peter Abrahams |
QB of the varsity football team. Passing grades in all his classes. Dating the hottest — and smartest — girl at school. Summer job paying more than minimum wage. Things in Cody's world seem to be goi… |
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Rose of no man's land
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Michelle Tea |
Fourteen-year-old Trisha Driscoll is a gender-blurring, self-described loner whose family expects nothing of her. While her mother lies on the couch in a hypochondriac haze and her sister aspires to … |
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From the rearview mirror
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Bill Milliken |
"From the Rearview Mirror is the story of Bill Milliken's journey from an affluent Pittsburgh suburb to the streets of Harlem and the Lower East Side of New York City in the 1960s, on to communal liv… |
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I can finish college
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Marcia Y. Cantarella |
An insider's guide for parents and students to make informed decisions about choosing, attending, and finishing college. Includes information for at-risk students seeking ways to complete their colle… |
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Dropping out of school
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Heidi Watkins |
"Dropping Out of School: This series provides readers with information on topics of current interest. Focusing on important social issues, each anthology examines its subject in a variety of ways, fr… |
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Homeroom headhunters
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Clay McLeod Chapman |
After practically burning down his last school, Spencer Pendleton wants to keep out of trouble at Greenfield Middle but between attacks from the school bully and being recruited by the mischievous tr… |
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In-between days
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Vikki Wakefield |
After dropping out of school and moving in with her free-spirited sister, seventeen-year-old Jacklin (Jack) maneuvers her way through a summer of family drama and first loves. |
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I Never Loved Your Mind
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Paul Zindel |
Records the relationship of Dewey and Yvette, two high school dropouts working in a hospital. |
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Things I'm seeing without you
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Peter Bognanni |
"When tragedy strikes, Tess drops out of school and moves in with her funeral director dad, forcing her to examine life, death, and the boy she thought she knew and loved in a brand new light"-- |
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Dropout prevention
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C. Lee Goss |
"Subject Areas/Keywords: academic achievement, adolescents, at-risk students, attendance, behavior problems, children, dropout prevention, early identification, early intervention, elementary, high s… |
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La chute du corbeau
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Anique Poitras |
Mandoline, personnage secondaire et amie de Sara dans la trilogie regroupant #La lumiere blanche##, ##La deuxieme vie## et ##La chambre d'Eden##, est l'heroi˜ne de ce roman. Elle a maintenant 19 ans.… |
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The last refuge
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Chris Knopf |
When the old lady next door is found dead in her bathtub, corporate dropout Sam Acquillo is the only one who wonders why. Despite himself he finds himself uncovering secrets no one could have imagine… |
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Yours truly
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Judie Angell |
Upset and angry that her mother has separated from her drug addict father and may divorce him, Nicki spends her early teen years dropping in and out of school and trying to find a life for herself. |
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Jamaica plain study
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United Community Services of Metropolitan Boston. Urban Development |
...a report intended to provide background data and analysis of problems in Jamaica Plain so that programs can be designed to prevent, eliminate, or reduce the problems; includes detailed demographic… |
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Putting all students on the graduation path
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Robert Balfanz,Nettie E. Legters |
"This issue ... offers perspectives and strategies for engaging American youth in learning, keeping them on the graduation path, and preparing them for success in college and career"--Back cover. |
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The Teenage Liberation Handbook
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Grace Llewellyn |
An estimated 700,000 American children are now taught at home. This book tells teens how to take control of their lives and get a "real life." Young people can reclaim their natural ability to teach … |
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The Contender
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Robert Lipsyte |
Before you can be a champion,you have to be a contender.Alfred Brooks is scared. He's a high school dropout and his grocery store job is leading nowhere. His best friend is sinking further and furthe… |
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How children fail
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John Caldwell Holt |
A series of informal memos describing how typical grade-school pedagogy suppresses a child's innate desire to learn, leaving the child frustrated, confused, and fearing failure. |
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Dropping out
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Victoria Sherrow |
Discusses some of the reasons for and consequences of not finishing high school, including poor study skills, learning disabilities, family problems, and violence. |
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