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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
"Every Falling Star, the first book to portray contemporary North Korea to a young audience, is the intense memoir of a North Korean boy named Sungju who is forced at age twelve to live on the streets and fend for himself. To survive, Sungju creates a gang and lives by thieving, fighting, begging, and stealing rides on cargo trains. Sungju richly re-creates his scabrous story, depicting what it was like for a boy alone to create a new family with...
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Lexile measure
1180L
Language
English
Description
Mayim Bialik puts her Ph.D. to work to talk to teen boys about the science and pressures of growing up male in today's world. A must-have book for all teenage boys!
As an observant mother of two boys-- and with plenty of scientific information from her life as a neuroscientist-- Bialik talks directly to teen boys about what it means to grow from a boy to a man biologically, psychologically, and sociologically. She takes a look at what it means for...
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English
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"Teen boys are under intense pressure to conform to society's stereotypes of masculinity, but this widespread cultural message to "man-up" can be detrimental to teens' mental health. In this workbook, psychologist and expert on teen masculinity Christopher Reigeluth offers much-needed guidance to help teen boys form their own authentic, intentional, positive, and healthy masculine identities"--
"Conforming to gender stereotypes is a choice, not a...
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"You have a voice in this culture…a culture that is literally spinning out of control.The Warrior Within will strengthen, encourage and challenge you to be the young man God has called you to be. Not a perfect man, but a man who trusts and believes his God.The Warrior Within addresses many topics: how the media is selling seduction to capture your mind and heart through pornography; wisdom in friendships; the girls in your life; the battle of sexting;...
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Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
HL 520L
Language
English
Description
Tow-Kaye just learned that the love of his life is pregnant - and though he knows what the right thing to do is, he's scared to death to do it. Jeffrey hates having a mom who dresses like a teenager, but when another sexy mom moves in next door - well, that's a different kind of problem. In these and twenty-two other short stories and poems, readers plumb the inner lives of African American teenage boys.
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The go-to book about growing up for teenage (or soon-to-be teenage) boys everywhere, updated with brand-new content for today's social media-driven world. Why do crushes make a person go crazy?Where is the best place to break up?What's up with bad teenage mustaches? With chapters covering everything from dating, kissing, and shaving, to moods, peer pressure, bullying, and drugs, The Teenage Guy's Survival Guide offers the real deal on everything...
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Language
English
Description
A first book by the education activist behind the Sex Plus YouTube series shares nonjudgmental advice for teens with questions about sex and sexuality, covering topics ranging from sexual empowerment and consent to LGBT challenges and STI and pregnancy prevention. --wordery.com.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
When I was twenty-five years old, it came to my attention that I had never had a girlfriend. At the time, I was actually under the impression that I was in a relationship, so this bit of news came as something of a shock. Why was Josh still single? To find out, he tracked down each of the girls he had tried to date since middle school and asked them straight up: What went wrong?The results of Josh's semiscientific investigation are in your hands....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Formats
Description
No modern tragedy has had a greater impact on race relations in America than the kidnapping and murder of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old black boy from Chicago whose body was battered beyond recognition and dumped in the Tallahatchie River while visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi, in 1955. This grotesque crime became the catalyst for the civil rights movement. Simeon Wright saw and heard his cousin Emmett whistle at Caroline Bryant at...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
HL 800L
Language
English
Description
Adapted for young adults from the New York Times bestseller, a riveting and true WWII story of a young man--an American tank gunner--who meets his destiny in an iconic armor duel and forges an enduring bond with his enemy. Shut the hatches. It's time to roll out. You'll find yourself behind enemy lines with Clarence Smoyer and the 3rd Armored Division, the workhorse unit known as "Spearhead," the best in the tank armor ranks. You'll feel as if you...
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