Summary: Tony is an undereducated Brooklyn teenager who is bored with his daytime job. The highlight of his week is going to the local disco, where he is the king of the dance floor. Tony meets Stephanie at the disco and they agree to dance together in a competition. Stephanie resists Tony's attempts to romance her, as she aspires to greater things. Gradually, Tony also becomes disillusioned with the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Summary: Evaluates the powerful influence of pop music on the author's coming-of-age years, describing how music defined her early life while conversely providing her an escape from her own realities.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2008
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Summary: "A middle-grade nonfiction story of five young cousins who grow closer than sisters as ethnic tensions escalate over three summers in 1980s Bosnia"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2024
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Summary: "The Second Decade" offers a game plan for navigating two of the most important challenges facing today's youth: gaining academic skills through a quality education at school, and acquiring practical skills learned by working at a job. Exposing youth to the benefits of work -- earning money and gaining independence while taking on responsibility and embracing accountability -- adds valuable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MarLi Bar Press 2016