Showing 1–27 of 27 books
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10 Things I Hate About You
Cameron falls for the most beautiful girl in school. However, she is forbidden to date until the most hated girl in school, her ill-tempered older sister, goes out too.- Realistic Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2009
- ISBN: 9780788817793
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America the Beautiful
A documentary about teens in the modeling industry in a society where celebutantes like Paris Hilton dominate newsstands and models who weigh less than 90 pounds die from malnutrition, female body image is one of the more dire problems facing today's society. America the Beautiful illuminates the issue by covering every base. Child models, plastic surgery, celebrity worship, airbrushed advertising, dangerous cosmetics - no rock is left unturned.- Nonfiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9780803020818
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American Teen
A documentary on seniors at a high school in a small Indiana town and their various cliques.- Nonfiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9781415741269
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The Boys of Baraka
Follows a group of 12-year-old boys from the most violent ghettos of Baltimore to the Baraka School, an experimental boarding school in rural Kenya, where children live by strict guidelines, yet are given the freedom to grow.- Nonfiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2009
- ISBN: 9780978014124
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Breakfast Club
When Saturday detention started, they were simply the Jock, the Princess, the Brain, the Criminal and the Basket Case, but by that afternoon they had become closer than any of them could have imagined.- Realistic Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9780783283852
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Dead Poets Society
Robin Williams portrays English professor John Keating, who, in an age of crew cuts, sport coats and cheerless conformity, inspires his students to live life to the fullest, exclaiming Carpe Diem, lads! Seize the day. Make your lives extraordinary! The charismatic teacher's emotionally charged challenge is met by his students with irrepressible enthusiasm--changing their lives forever.- Realistic Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9781558908871
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Devil's Playground
Looks at the Pennsylvania Dutch tradition of Rumspringa (literally, 'Running around'), which is a period in a teenager's life, usually between the ages of 16 and 21 years old- Nonfiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2009
- ISBN: 9780794202880
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Dogtown and Z-Boys
Documentary about a gang of kids who virtually revolutionized skateboarding with an aggressive style, awe-inspiring moves and street smarts, and in the process, transformed youth culture forever.- Nonfiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2009
- ISBN: 9781404977655
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Edward Scissorhands
Once upon a time in a castle high on a hill lived an inventor whose greatest creation was named Edward. Although Edward had an irresistible charm, he wasn't quite perfect. The inventor's sudden death left him unfinished, with sharp shears of metal for hands. Edward lived alone in the darkness until one day a kind Avon Lady took him home to live with her family. And so began Edward's fantastic adventures in a pastel paradise known as Suburbia.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9786130710163
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Freedom Writers
A true story about a teacher in a racially divided school who gives her students what they've always needed, a voice.- Realistic Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9781415731116
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Girl, Interrupted
Susanna is depressed and directionless after finishing high school in the late 1960's. A suicide attempt lands her in Claymore, a mental institution. She befriends the band of troubled women in her ward but falls under the hypnotic sway of Lisa, the wildest and most hardened of the bunch. Will Susanna drop anchor at Claymore and perpetually act out like Lisa, or will she finally pull her mind together and leave institutional life behind?- Realistic Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9780767847421
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Good Will Hunting
A young working-class genius is hauled back from the brink of self-destruction by a gifted counselor.- Realistic Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9781558908642
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Gridiron Gang
Based on a true story, Sean Porter, a former football star and now a juvenile detention center counselor takes a group of inmates and turns them into successful football team.- Realistic Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9781424814985
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The Heart of the Game
This passionate and inspirational documentary goes up close and personal to capture the Roosevelt Roughriders girls' basketball team during six turbulent seasons, taking us far beyond the court to the unbridled desire to make histor- Nonfiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2009
- ISBN: 9780788868542
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Into the Wild
Freshly graduated from college with a promising future ahead, Christopher McCandless walked out of his privileged life and into the wild in search of adventure. What happened to him on the way transformed this young wanderer into an enduring symbol for countless people, a fearless risk-taker who wrestled with the precarious balance between man and nature. Based on a true story, written by Jon Krakauer.- Realistic Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9781415738337
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Matrix
A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against the controllers of it.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9780790742618
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Mean Girls
When a young girl who has lived in Africa and been homeschooled moves to New York, she must enter a public high school. Survival of the fittest takes on a whole new meaning when she falls for the ex-boyfriend of the most popular girl in school. Based on the book Queen Bees and
Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman.- Realistic Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9781415700136
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Miyazaki's Spirited Away
When a young girl gets trapped in a strange new world of spirits, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself and rescue her parents- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2009
- ISBN: 9780788844614
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Odd Ones Out
This film follows three transgendered teens over four years as they contemplate what to do with their lives.- Nonfiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9780781512886
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On the Waterfront
An ex-fighter gets a job working on the gang-ridden waterfront under a crooked gangster boss.- Realistic Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9780767804271
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The Outsiders
When two poor greasers, Johnny, and Ponyboy are assaulted by a vicious gang, the socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount between the two rival gangs, setting off a turbulent chain of events. Based on the novel by S.E. Hinton.- Realistic Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9781419873379
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Persepolis
In 1970s Iran, Marjane "Marji" Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family- Nonfiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2009
- ISBN: 9781424883141
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Pleasantville
A brother and sister are magically transported through their television set and into the black-and-white world of a 1950s sitcom called Pleasantville. Soon they affect this environment with their worldly sensibilities, and people and things slowly begin to acquire color, and their complacent world is profoundly changed.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9780780625372
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Some Kind of Wonderful
A young tomboy finds her feelings for her best friend run deeper than just friendship when he gets a date with the most popular girl in school.- Realistic Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9781415718551
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Step Up 2
Andie is on the verge of being being sent to Texas to stay with another relative due to her behavior. As a last resort to stay in town a friend arranges an audition at arts school. Much to her surprise she gets in but all the rehearsal interferes with her time with her neighborhood dance crew. As Andie tries to fit in at her new school, she finds fitting in with her old friends difficult.- Realistic Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9780788886980
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Superbad
Seth and Evan are accepting the fact that they will be going to different colleges in the fall. Now, it seems more important than ever that they go to a high school party, and achieve some of their long time goals- Realistic Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2009
- ISBN: 9781424852314
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Whale Rider
The Whangara people believe their ancestor Paikea was saved from drowning by riding home on the back of a whale. The tribal group has since granted leadership positions to the first-born males, believing them to be descendants of Paikea- Realistic Fiction
- Fabulous Films for Young Adults 2009
- ISBN: 9781404943728