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Juvenile delinquency

Black and White

Paul Volponi

Two star high school basketball players, one black and one white, experience the justice system differently after committing a crime together and getting caught.

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Inside Out

Terry Trueman

A sixteen-year-old with schizophrenia is caught up in the events surrounding an attempted robbery by two other teens who eventually hold him hostage.

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The Death Penalty for Teens

Nancy Day

Examines both sides of the debate over whether teens under the age of eighteen should be sentenced to death for committing murder.

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We're Not Monsters

Sabrina Solin Weill

Weill interviews hundreds of teens to find out what they think about many issues.

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Inside Out

Terry Trueman

A sixteen-year-old with schizophrenia is caught up in the events surrounding an attempted robbery by two other teens who eventually hold him hostage.

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Inside Out

Terry Trueman

A sixteen-year-old with schizophrenia is caught up in the events surrounding an attempted robbery by two other teens who eventually hold him hostage.

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Always Running

Luis J. Rodriguez

An involving autobiography about the author's evolution from an L.A. gang member to a community leader.

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Holes

Louis Sachar

As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his fir

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Bad

Jean Ferris

In an attempt to please her friends, sixteen-year-old Dallas goes along with their plan to rob a convenience store and when her father refuses to allow her to come home, she is sentenced to six months

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Holes

Louis Sachar

As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his fir

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