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1) I can help
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Zahra loves spending time with Kyle at school, but when her other classmates start teasing her for helping him she starts making choices she regrets"--
Publisher
Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Inspire teen and preteen readers to take responsibility for and make wiser decisions about their lives with the essays in this book--each written by a teenager. Within these pages, Jamel A. Salter, Fan Yi Mok, and Charlene George, and many others, describe how and why they chose to keep it real and fight back against the pressure they felt from friends to use drugs and alcohol; have sex too early; lie, cheat, and steal; and skip or act out in school"--...
Publisher
Big Idea Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In Where's God When I'm Scared?: Junior Asparagus is frightened after watching a scary Frankencelery movie and gets help from Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber. In Rack, Shack & Benny: the boys are allowed to eat as many chocolate bunnies as they would like while at work, however, there parents told them not to eat too much candy! Can they resist peer pressure and do what's right?
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Read the hilarious, candid (& sometimes mean) diaries of Jamie Kelly, who promises that everything in her diary is true...or at least as true as it needs to be. In this book, Jamie contends with Angeline, the school's prettiest, most popular girl (who Jamie thinks is a goon!) and the impending visit of her troll-like little cousin. Will Jamie survive? Will she go mad? Will she send her mom's nasty casserole to starving children in Wheretheheckistan?...
7) Enough is
Author
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"How many friends, turns, clothes, toys, fashion accessories, books? How much of anything? The pictures follow one child as she learns the difference between wanting and needing and, in the end, feels the contentment that flows from being satisfied with what she has.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"Philomena needs new glasses. Her sister Audrey wants some, too. Pretty soon, Nora Jane is feeling the pressure to get a pair of specs, as well. The one-upmanship escalates from there with the three sisters learning that not everyone needs the same things"--
10) Old hat
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
After buying one outrageous hat after another in an attempt to keep up with the latest fashions set by his teasing animal friends, Harbet the dog learns that true happiness comes from being yourself.
11) Nicki
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
When ten-year-old Nicki agrees to take over the training of Sprocket, a service dog, it is just one more thing in her overly full schedule, but much to her surprise, dog training teaches Nicki a valuable skill--how to stand up for herself. Includes photographs and essay on training service dogs.
12) Elmer
Author
Series
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
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Description
All the elephants of the jungle were gray except Elmer, who was a patchwork of brilliant colors until the day he got tired of being different and making the other elephants laugh.
14) Buddha boy
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Justin spends time with Jinsen, the unusual and artistic new student whom the school bullies torment and call Buddha Boy, and ends up making choices that impact Jinsen, himself, and the entire school.
15) Don't judge me
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Hazel doesn't like to make waves. Middle school is hard enough without causing more trouble, right? She's happy just eating lunch in the library with her BFF, writing secret haikus, and taking care of an adorable rescue tortoise. But then Hazel discovers a list that rates the girls at her middle school based on their looks -- started by her best friend's older brother. She knows she has to do something, and she can't do it alone. The wave she'll...
Author
Series
Knights of right volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Joseph, Ben, and Sam face werewolves and peer pressure to drink alcohol as they continue their quest to become Knights of the Round Table by making the right choices.
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
Amelia Louise McBride's eleventh birthday party is fabulous, but soon her friends are fighting all the time, she gets a terrible report card, and when she summons the courage to tell a boy how she feels about him, she learns why it is called a "crush."
18) The 11:11 wish
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Megan makes a wish at 11:11 to reinvent herself at her new school, she finds herself with unexpected popularity, and wonders if magic was the key to her fresh start after all.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When "popular" Tyler is forced to invite "weird" Mackenzie to his party, they're surprised to find how much they have in common. Readers will enjoy this realistic fiction story about an unexpected friendship that explores social themes including acceptance, popularity, and peer pressure. The full-color illustrations, short chapter format, and compelling text build reading comprehension and fluency. This hi-lo reader is ideal for students who need...
Author
Series
Chicken Little volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chicken Little is NOT afraid of anything. Well, okay, maybe a mysterious BONK to the head can produce panic. But only momentarily. It's not as though she meant to send the barnyard into a tailspin, thinking that the sky was falling. How ridiculous! But can she calm her feathered friends with facts and reason?
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