Gangs

The Outsiders

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This two-disc special edition is Francis Ford Coppola's adaptation of S.E. Hinton's novel about two rival teen gangs in rural Oklahoma. When the gangs get into a brawl, and it ends with the death of one of the members, they have to face the consequences and come to terms with their violent ways of life.

Director:

Francis Ford Coppola

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

01:53

Two Crafty Criminals: and How They Were Captured by the Daring Detectives of the New Cut Gang

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Copies: 7

Criminals, crooks, and swindlers be warned: the kids of the New Cut Gang are on to you! This book details tow of their most cleverly cracked cases.

When someone begins passing counterfeit coins around their neighborhood, Benny and Thunderbolt jump on his trail. Until that trail seems to lead to Thunderbolt's own home...

Then, when some valuable silver is stolen, the only clues at the scene of the crime are a blob of wax and a distinctive match. The police are baffled! But not Benny. Now, if only the Peretti twins can engineer a jailbreak, he'll be able to prove his case...

Author:

Philip Pullman

Lexile:

830L

Two Crafty Criminals: and How They Were Captured by the Daring Detectives of the New Cut Gang

The Graduates/Los Graduados (2013)

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The Graduates explores pressing issues in education today through the eyes of six young Latino and Latina students from across the United States. More than a survey of contemporary policy debates, viewers gain a first-hand perspective on the different challenges facing Latino high school students and their families, educators and community leaders.

Grade Level:

High

Length:

02:00

The Chocolate War (Unabridged)

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Jerry Renault ponders the question on the poster in his locker: Do I dare disturb the universe? Refusing to sell chocolates in the annual Trinity school fund-raiser may not seem like a radical thing to do. But when Jerry challenges a secret school society called The Vigils, his defiant act turns into an all-out war. Now the only question is: Who will survive?

Author:

Robert Cormier

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

820L

Length:

05:43

Black Duck (Unabridged)

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When Ruben and Jed find a dead body on the Rhode Island shore, they are certain it has something to do with smuggling liquor. It's the 1920s, Prohibition and bootlegging is in full swing, and almost everyone in the shore community is involved. Suddenly, the boys find themselves involved as well: didn't the dead man have something on him, and didn't they take it?

Author:

Janet Taylor Lisle

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

790L

Length:

05:30