Summary: A group of misfits who are forced to attend adult classes in the longshot chance they'll pass the GED exam.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2019
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE NIGCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NIGCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NIGSummary: Set in suburban Flatpoint USA, follow the misadventures of Jerrie Blank, a 46 year old dropout who has spent the last 32 years in and out of prison. She starts her life back up where she left it, living at home as a freshman in high school.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV STRWan, Michelle
Summary: Keno is twenty-three, a high-school dropout working as a rent collector for a slum landlord. Apart from hitting on the office secretary, Cass, his life is bleak. His job takes him into sad, mean places where kids wail, drunks fight and women get beaten up. He works his territory with Jaco, who's tougher and shiftier than any of the folks they're sent to shake rent out of. One night Keno and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Raven Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WANWilliams, Ian
Summary: "Felicia, a nineteen-year-old student from a Caribbean family, and Edgar, the lazy-minded and impetuous heir of a wealthy German family, meet by chance when their ailing mothers are assigned the same hospital room. After the death of Felicia's mother and the recovery of Edgar's, Felicia drops out of high school and takes a job as caregiver to Edgar's mother. The odd-couple relationship between...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WILSummary: Using a sensitive, real-world approach, this program assists teachers in understanding the process of counseling in high schools. It begins with a definition of counseling and goes on to explain the counseling process followed by a look at the variety of skills a counselor needs in order to work effectively with a young person. The program is also designed to assist teachers in understanding...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Iloh, Candice
Summary: Raised in a free-spirited home by two loving parents who encourage Cerulean to be their full self, they've got big dreams of moving cross-country to live off the grid with their friends after graduation. When a fight with a teacher spirals out of control, Cerulean impulsively drops out to avoid the punishment they fear is coming. Why wait for graduation to leave an oppressive capitalist system...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC ILOHale, Shannon
Summary: Dropping out of high school to pursue her Broadway ambitions, a talented performer lands in a directionless job before a visit to the library catapults her into the plotlines of the books she reads.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HALCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC HALCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HALCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction HaleGilmour, David
Summary: Documents the author's efforts to impart key life lessons to his high-school-dropout son by showing him three movies every week, in an account that describes how the films enabled dialogues about a range of life issues.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 GILMitchell, Maia
Summary: Follows the misadventures of Jessie and Angela, best friends and high school dropouts, who plan to spend a week at the beach as things begin to go awry.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate 2018
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3 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY NEVArtist Not Provided
Summary: Follows an experiment taking place at Sharpstown High School in Houston, Texas which is designed to help students graduate from high school.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2012
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DROBuckley, James
Summary: Presents the lives and accomplishments of the Wright brothers, high school dropouts from Dayton, Ohio, who started out repairing bicycles and went on to build and fly the first successful airplane.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Pengion Group (USA) 2014