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Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2019.
Formats
Description
Javed, a British teen of Pakistani descent, is growing up in England in 1987. Amidst the racial and economic turmoil of the times, he writes poetry as a means to escape the intolerance of his hometown and the inflexibility of his traditional father. But when he is introduced to the music of 'the Boss,' Javed sees parallels to his working-class life in Springsteen's powerful lyrics.
Author
Publisher
W. Morrow & Co
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
376 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
A teenage suicide pact between a pregnant girl and her boyfriend, both children of wealthy New England families. He shoots her, but fails to shoot himself and is charged with murder. At the trial he explains what made them do it.
24) Runaway
Publisher
E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (79 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
On the run from their abusive father, Michael and his younger brother Dylan hide out in a motel until they can save enough money to start a new life. But Michael has a dark secret, and it's about to catch up with him.
Author
Formats
Description
"King collects ten of her finest short stories-half published in leading literary magazines and half brand new-opening fresh realms of discovery for fans and new readers alike. Told in the intimate voices of uniquely endearing characters of all ages, these tales explore desire and heartache, loss and discovery, moments of jolting violence and the inexorable tug toward love at all costs. A bookseller's unspoken love for his employee rises to the surface,a...
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Fifteen-year-old Camille is a serious girl who has fallen in love with the cheerful Sullivan, an older boy who returns her feelings but wants to be free to explore the world. When he leaves her in order to travel, she is at first devastated, but in the following years she develops into a more fully formed woman with new interests and a new love and the possibility that she'll be less defenseless when Sullivan enters her life again.
27) Ma
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2019]
Formats
Description
Sue Ann, a loner in her quiet Ohio town, is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends. Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting younger friends. She offers the kids the chance to avoid drinking and driving by hanging out in the basement of her home as long as they abide by the house rules. Her hospitality starts to curdle into obsession, and what began as a teenage dream turns into a terrorizing nightmare....
Author
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xxviii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
"This thorough, concise guide offers straight talk about: The male and female body as it changes and matures. Teen relationships: what it takes to create happy, supportive, positive, and meaningful connections with family, friends, and others. Identity empowerment: how to be authentic and thrive in today's world. Sex and sexuality for boys and girls: how teens should take care of their bodies, embrace their experiences, and strengthen self-esteem....
31) Little Nikita
Publisher
Columbia Pictures Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A teenager's life is on the line when he discovers his All-American parents are Soviet spies in this taut espionage thriller. With excellent performances from a top-notch cast, Little Nikita is a fast-paced suspense thriller in the tradition of classic Hitchcock.
32) Phantom limbs
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
352 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"Otis and Meg were inseparable until her family abruptly moved away after the terrible accident that left Otiss little brother dead and both of their families changed forever. Since then, its been three years of radio silence, during which time Otis has become the unlikely protégé of eighteen-year-old Darapart drill sergeant, part friendwhos hell-bent on transforming Otis into the Olympic swimmer she can no longer be. But when Otis learns that Meg...
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
432 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"This debut novel follows a New Mexican family's extraordinary year of love and sacrifice. It's Holy Week in the small town of Las Penas, New Mexico, and thirty-three-year-old unemployed Amadeo Padilla has been given the part of Jesus in the Good Friday procession. He is preparing feverishly for this role when his fifteen-year-old daughter Angel shows up pregnant on his doorstep and disrupts his plans. Their reunion sets her own life down a startling...
34) Crave
Author
Series
Crave (Wolff) volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Formats
Description
Grace's world changed when she joined the academy. At the academy she is a mere mortal among gods...or monsters. She can't decide which faction she should join, or it she should join any of them. The one thing that unites them is their hatred of her. Thenthere's Jaxon Vega, a vampire with deadly secrets who hasn't felt anything for a hundred years. Jaxon has walled himself off for a reason. Does someone want to wake the sleeping monster in him? Is...
36) Cold water
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The acclaimed early film by Olivier Assayas about teenage lovers in the outskirts of Paris in the early '70s, whose rebellions against family and society threaten to tear them apart. With memorable party sequences and a rock soundtrack evoking the period, it is a heartbreaking tale of the emotional tumult of being young
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
736 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm
Description
"It's love at first sight for high school student Arnie Cunningham when he and his best friend Dennis Guilder spot the dilapidated 1958 red-and-white Plymouth Fury for sale--dubbed "Christine" by its original cantankerous owner--rusting away on a front lawn of their suburban Pennsylvania neighborhood. Dennis knows that Arnie's never had much luck in the popularity department, or really taken an interest in owning a car...but Christine quickly changes...
40) The Sol Majestic
Author
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
384 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"Kenna, an aspirational teen guru, wanders destitute across the stars as he tries to achieve his parents' ambition to advise the celestial elite. Everything changes when Kenna wins a free dinner at The Sol Majestic, the galaxy's most renowned restaurant, giving him access to the cosmos's one-percent. His dream is jeopardized, however, when he learns his highly-publicized "free meal" risks putting The Sol Majestic into financial ruin. Kenna and a motley...
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