Search Results: Returned 12 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 12
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-- Playing deadBy Bowler, Tim2010., Adolescent, Speak Call No: Adventure FIC Bowler Genre: Adventure Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A fourteen-year-old British street person with extraordinary powers of observation and self-control must face murderous thugs connected with a past he has tried to forget, when his skills with a knife earned him the nickname, Blade.
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[2017]., Adolescent, Second Story Press Call No: Realistic FIC Graziani Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Faith Emily Hansen wants to take her life back and break the cycle of drug abuse in her life, but her heroin addiction has a powerful hold on her. Somewhere, behind her addiction, lives a powerful determination that could ultimately save her from herself.
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-- Bronx wood.By Booth, Coe[2013]., Adolescent, Push Call No: TEEN FIC BOO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Tyrell's life is spinning out of control after his father is released from prison, his little brother is placed in foster care, and the drug dealers he's living with are pressuring him to start dealing.
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2020., Adolescent, Simon & Schuster BFYR Call No: Sci Fi Fic Rivera Edition: First paperback edition. Genre: Science fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Nalah leads an all-girl gang in Mega City, a position which gives her access to hot boydega clubs but also frequently sends her into violent show downs, making Nalah weary of life. She dreams of making a home in the Mega Towers, but to make it there, Nalah will have to prove her loyalty to the city's founder by crossing the border and finding the Ashé Ryders, a mysterious rival gang.
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2012., Pre-adolescent, Arthur A. Levine Books Call No: FIC PYRON Edition: 1st ed. Genre: Adventure fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Brought to Moscow in 1990s Russia by his mother's abusive boyfriend, Mishka is forced by a gang of homeless children to lie and steal until he finds comfort and love with a pack of dogs. Includes historical note.
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[2015], Preschool, G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Every Sunday after church, CJ and his grandma ride the bus across town. But today, CJ wonders why they don't own a car like his friend Colby. Why doesn't he have an iPod like the boys on the bus? How come they always have to get off in the dirty part of town? Each question is met with an encouraging answer from grandma, who helps him see the beauty -- and fun -- in their routine and the world around them.
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2002., Houghton Mifflin Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In four classic stories, the steam shovel, the little house, the snow plow and the cable car are all loved and respected by their owners, but modern times threatens to make them worthless.
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[2016]., Adolescent, G.P. Putnam's Sons Call No: YOUNG ADULT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: "Frankie Neumann's an introvert, and he's always been the outsider in his family of performers, but all that's about to change once he finds an outlet for his artistic talents"--Provided by publisher.
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By Bowler, Tim2010, c2009., Philomel Books Call No: ADVENTURE F BOW Edition: 1st American ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Blade Volume: 2Summary Note: Badly injured, fourteen-year-old Blade must continue to use his exceptional "street smarts" and waning strength to outsmart dangerous thugs while he considers surrendering to the police to face the consequences of a past he has tried to forget.
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2018., University of New Mexico Press Call No: NL REALISTIC F VAN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Growing up in a gang in the city can be dark. Growing up Native American in a gang in Chicago is a whole different story. This book takes a trip through that unexplored part of Indian Country, an intense journey that is full of surprises, shining a light on the interior lives of people whose intellectual and emotional concerns are often overlooked. This dark, compelling, occasionally inappropriate, and often hilarious linked story collection introduces a character who defies all stereotypes about urban life and Indians. He will be in readers' heads for a long time to come" --
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2003., Henry Hold and Co. Call No: Young adult FIC HAWORTH-ATTARD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When his volatile mother throws him out of the house and he loses contact with his two younger brothers, sixteen-year-old Dylan is forced to live on the streets and beg for money, yet through it all, he finds a way to survive. My fingers search the cardboard container, but I've finished the fries. I squirt ketchup on my fingers and lick it off. I'm never full. I think it was one of the reasons I had to leave, or, rather, my mother kicked me out. Jenna's a runaway, but I'm a throwaway, tossed out, like garbage. Keep your wits about you. Check your back. Do what it takes to survive on the streets. Dylan is living on the streets not through any choice of his own, unlike some of the teenagers he meets in the same situation. He's been cut loose by his unstable mother, and lost most contact with his two younger brothers. He has nothing but his backpack stuffed with a few precious belongings and the homeless kids he meets. At least he has his theories. No one can take those away from him. Like how every fourth person throws him spare change; how no one does anything for anyone without a price; and how he just might be able to find a place in this complicated world. Disturbing, gritty, painful, hopeful, his is a story of a sixteen-year-old determined to survive against all odds.
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[2022]., Pre-adolescent, Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: REALISTIC F BRO Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A young graffiti artist learns to fight smart against the gentrification threatening her neighborhood"--
