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Peer pressure

  • True blue
    Author:
    Ellis, Deborah
    Summary:

    A person doesn't have to do anything important to get recognition anymore; it's enough to know someone who does. Parasitic fame. Casey was more than just a dependable camp counselor dedicated to her little buddies in Cabin Three. She...
  • The chocolate war
    Author:
    Cormier, Robert
    Summary:

    Reissued now in hardcover with a new introduction by the author, Cormier's chilling look at the insidious world of gang intimidation and the abuse of power in a boys' boarding school is no less relevant today than it was in...
  • Panique à la mi-temps
    Author:
    Mika
    Summary:

    Dans le village de Lac-à-la-truite-arc-en-ciel, deux sujets sont sur toutes les lèvres : l'équipe de football les Ours Noirs de l'école secondaire Notre-Dame-du-Montplaisir et l'environnement. Mais voilà qu'à la mi-temps d'un match...
  • My name is Mitch
    Author:
    Supeene, Shelagh
    Summary:

    Mitch MacLeod may be the smallest kid in grade six, but he has a great sense of humor and a strong backbone. He can read, sometimes, but never at school when he has to. "You don't know what humiliation is until you have a grade one...
  • Jumping the nail
    Author:
    Bunting, Eve
    Summary:

    When teenagers in a California coastal community challenge each other to "jump the Nail"--leap from dangerous cliffs into the ocean--group pressure and manipulative relationships quickly drive the game out of control.
  • I can help
    Author:
    Faruqi, Reem
    Summary:

    Amazon Editors' Picks: Best Books Ages 6-8 (2021). When Ms. Underwood asks if anyone wants to help Kyle, Zahra always volunteers. She loves spending time with Kyle; he's creative and generous, and he makes the funniest jokes at lunch....
  • High and inside
    Author:
    Rud, Jeff
    Summary:

    Fresh from a thrilling basketball season playing for the varsity team, Matt is looking forward to a new challenge: baseball. The South Side team seems to be strong this year, if only Matt can control his fear of being hit by an errant...
  • Footprints
    Author:
    Rayner, Robert
    Summary:

    When three teenage friends oppose the annexation of their favourite beach by a prominent businessman and philanthropist, their efforts to keep it public are rebuffed or ignored. Their actions quickly move beyond conventional protest,...
  • Bat summer
    Author:
    Withrow, Sarah
    Summary:

    Terence isn't cool like his best friend, Tom, but at least he's not a weirdo like Lucy, who sees life upside-down and thinks she's a bat. Yet Lucy knows things that other people don't -- about the gaps in life, and seeing things more...
  • All-caps you : a 30-day adventure toward finding joy in who God made you to be
    Author:
    Jenkins, Emma Mae
    Summary:

    Young women are under more pressure than ever before: pressure to be pretty, to be successful, to have a perfect selfie game. Is it possible for them to be their true selves? Or must they fit into the same mold as the rest of their...
  • A boy named Queen
    Author:
    Cassidy, Sara
    Summary:

    Evelyn is both aghast and fascinated when a new boy comes to grade five and tells everyone his name is Queen. Queen wears shiny gym shorts and wants to organize a chess/environment club. His father plays weird loud music and has tattoos...
  • 121 express
    Author:
    Polak, Monique
    Summary:

    The students of the 121 Express are infamous for bad behavior. Lucas knows his role on the bus will determine his social standing at his new school. When a cool troublemaker singles him out, he saves himself by teasing another kid. His...
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