Peer Pressure

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From her first moment at Merryweather High, Melinda Sordino knows she's an outcast.

Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The film will be the story of my life. No, not my life, but of this experience. I'll call it what the lady who is the prosecutor called me: Monster.

Author:

Walter Dean Myers

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

670L

Length:

02:35

Fourth Grade Rats

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Copies: 4

A fast, fun, friendship read from the Newbery-award winning author of Maniac Magee. Fourth graders are tough. They aren't afraid of spiders. They say no to their moms. They push first graders off the swings. And they never, ever cry. Suds knows that now that he's in fourth grade, he's supposed to be a rat. But whenever he tries to act like one, something goes wrong. Can Suds's friend Joey teach him to toughen up...or will Suds remain a fourth grade wimp?

Author:

Jerry Spinelli

Lexile:

340L

There's a Girl in My Hammerlock

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Copies: 4

Eric's smile was so dazzling. Maisie is willing to do anything to be near him--even join the school wrestling team. But she is astonished at the avalanche of hostile opinion she provokes, in and out of school. Is Eric worth it? Not if he keeps dating Liz ("Lizard") Lampley! The sign in the coach's office says, "It takes a little more to be a champion." Does Maisie have what it takes to stick it out--and win?

Author:

Jerry Spinelli

Lexile:

520L

The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make (Unabridged)

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The challenges teens face today are tougher than at any time in history: academic stress, parent communication, media bombardments, dating drama, abuse, bullying, addictions, depression, and negative peer pressure, just to name a few. And like it or not, the choices teens make while navigating these challenges can make or break their futures.

Author:

Sean Covey

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

05:38

The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make (Unabridged)

The Crucible (Dramatized)

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In the rigid theocracy of Salem, Massachusetts, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town. In the ruthlessness of the prosecutors and the eagerness of neighbor to testify against neighbor, The Crucible mirrors the anti-Communist hysteria in the 1950s.

Author:

Arthur Miller

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

1320L

Length:

03:58